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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Dirk Burdinski, Essen, DE;
Joyce Van Zanten, Waalre, NL;
Lucas Johannes Anna Maria Beckers, Veldhoven, NL;
Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Willem Franke Pasveer, Dordrecht, NL;
Nicolaas Petrus Willard, Valkenswaard, NL;
Mareike Klee, Straelen, DE;
Biju Kumar Sreedharan Nair, Veldhoven, NL;
David Smith, Oakmont, PA (US);
Dirk Burdinski, Essen, DE;
Joyce Van Zanten, Waalre, NL;
Lucas Johannes Anna Maria Beckers, Veldhoven, NL;
Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Willem Franke Pasveer, Dordrecht, NL;
Nicolaas Petrus Willard, Valkenswaard, NL;
Mareike Klee, Straelen, DE;
Biju Kumar Sreedharan Nair, Veldhoven, NL;
David Smith, Oakmont, PA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
This invention relates to medical, health care and non-medical devices comprising a rubbery or elastomeric polymer material taking up more than 5% by weight of water and at most 500% by weight of water after immersion in demineralized water at room temperature for a sufficient time to reach saturation. The material may be in the form of a foam, or in the form of a coating adapted for adhesion to a substrate, or in the form of a sheet, or in the form of a fiber, and may comprise: —repeating units from one or more hydrophobic organic monomers, and —repeating units from one or more monomers (a) being modified with one or more hydrophilic side groups.