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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Biocompatibles Uk Limited, Surrey, GB;
Inventors:
Stéphane Hohn, The Hague, DK;
Andrew Lennard Lewis, Surrey, GB;
Assignee:
BIOCOMPATIBLES UK LIMITED, Surrey, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/04 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01); A61L 24/06 (2006.01); C08F 116/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/0442 (2013.01); A61K 49/048 (2013.01); A61K 49/0457 (2013.01); A61L 24/0015 (2013.01); A61L 24/0031 (2013.01); A61L 24/06 (2013.01); C08F 116/06 (2013.01); A61K 49/04 (2013.01); A61K 49/0433 (2013.01); A61K 49/0438 (2013.01); A61K 49/0476 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01); A61L 2430/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to hydrogels comprising 1,2-diol or 1,3-diol groups acetalized with a radiopaque species of one or more covalently bound radiopaque halogens which are imageable during embolization therapy. The invention further relates to methods of making radiopaque polymers and radiopaque hydrogel microspheres to provide an imageable drug delivery system.