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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 05, 2016
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., West Chester, PA (US);
Technische Universitat Wien, Vienna, AT;
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Technische Universitaet Wien, Vienna, AT;
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a curable composition, a method for augmenting a structure in a patient with a resorbable biocompatible polymer, and a biodegradable, resorbable implant comprising a biocompatible copolymer. An exemplary embodiment of the curable composition comprises (a) 60 wt. % to 95 wt. % of one or more vinyl ester monomers and/or vinylcarbonate monomers, wherein said one or more vinyl ester monomers and/or vinylcarbonate monomers are respectively selected from compounds of the general formulas (I) and (II) below: wherein n, m Rand Rhave the meaning defined herein; (b) 0.1 to 40 wt. % of one or more multifunctional thiols; and (c) 0 to 10 wt. % of a biocompatible polymerization initiator.