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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Horacio Montes DE Oca Balderas, York, GB;
Malcolm Brown, Oiley, GB;
Inventors:
Horacio Montes de Oca Balderas, York, GB;
Malcolm Brown, Oiley, GB;
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 61/06 (2006.01); B29C 61/00 (2006.01); B29C 61/04 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); C08L 67/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 61/06 (2013.01); B29C 61/006 (2013.01); B29C 61/04 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); A61L 2400/16 (2013.01); C08L 67/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to shape memory materials and to a method for controlling shape change in shape memory materials. In particular, the invention relates to a method and a system for forming complex shapes from shape memory materials and to shape memory materials having complex shapes.