Hemocompatible coated polymer and related one-step methods

1. A hemocompatible-coated polymer comprising at least one crosslinking agent and at least one dispersing agent whereby said dispersing agent forms a hemocompatible surface on said polymer, said dispersing agent is selected from a group consisting of hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypopyl cellulose, poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate), poly(hydroxyethyl acrylate), poly(hydroxypropyl methacrylate), poly(hydroxypropyl acrylate), poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate), poly(dimethylaminoethyl acrylate), poly(diethylamimoethyl methacrylate), poly(diethylaminoethyl acrylate), poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(N-vinylpyrrolidinone), salts of poly(methacrylic acid), and salts of poly(acrylic acid) and mixtures thereof, said crosslinking agent is selected from a group consisting of divinylbenzene, trivinylbenzene, divinylnaphthalene, trivinylcyclohexane, divinylsulfone, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, trimethylolpropane dimethacrylate, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, trimethylolpropane diacrylate, pentaerythrital dimethacrylates, pentaerythrital trimethacrylates, pentaerythrital, tetramethacrylates, pentaerythritol diacrylates, pentaerythritol triiacrylates, pentaerythritol tetraacrylates, dipentaerythritol dimethacrylates, dipentaerythritol trimethacrylates, dipentaerythritol tetramethacrylates, dipentaerythritol diacrylates, dipentaerythritol triacrylates, dipentaerythritol tetraacrylates, divinylformamide and mixtures thereof, said polymer being developed simultaneously with the formation of the coating, wherein said dispersing agent gets chemically bound to said surface of said polymer.

2. The polymer of claim 1 claim said dispersing agent comprises a biocompatibilizing polymer.

3. The polymer of claim 2 claim said biocompatibilizing polymer comprises poly(N-vinylpyrrolidinone).

4. The polymer of claim 2 claim said biocompatibilizing polymer becomes grafted to the surface of said polymer to provide said hemocompatible surfaced polymer.

5. The polymer of claim 1 claim said polymer comprises copolymers of divinylbenzene with comonomers being selected from a group consisting of styrene, ethylstyrene, acrylonitrile, butyl methacrylate, octyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate, octyl acrylate, cetyl methacrylate, cetyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate, vinyltoluene, vinylnaphthalene, vinylbenzyl alcohol, vinylformamide, methyl methacrylate, methyl acrylate and mixtures thereof.

6. The polymer of claim 1 claim said hemocompatible surfaced polymer is a porous polymer.

7. The polymer of claim 1 claim said hemocompatible surfaced polymer is an ion exchange polymer.

8. A biocompatible coated polymer manufactured by a method comprising: polymerizing monomer droplets comprising at least one crosslinking agent to form a polymer and coating said resulting polymer using at least one dispersing agent to thereby form a biocompatible coated polymer, said dispersant being placed on said monomer droplets before polymerization, said dispersing agent is selected from a group consisting of hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypopyl cellulose, poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate), poly(hydroxyethyl acrylate), poly(hydroxypropyl methacrylate), poly(hydroxypropyl acrylate), poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate), poly(dimethylaminoethyl acrylate), poly(diethylamimoethyl methacrylate), poly-(diethylaminoethyl acrylate), poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(N-vinylpyrrolidinone), salts of poly(methacrylic acid), and salts of poly(acrylic acid) and mixtures thereof, wherein said dispersing agent gets chemically bound to said surface of said polymer.

9. The polymer of claim 8 claim said crosslinking agent is polymerized with at least one vinyl monomer.

10. The polymer of claim 8 claim said dispersing agent forms a hemocompatible coating on the surface of said polymer.

11. The polymer of claim 8 claim said dispersing agent comprises a biocompatibilizing polymer.

12. The polymer of claim 8 wherein said biocompatibilizing polymer is poly (N-vinylpyrrolidinone).

13. The polymer of claim 8 wherein said biocompatibilizing polymer is poly(vinyl alcohol).

14. The polymer of claim 11 wherein said biocompatibilizing polymer becomes grafted to the surface of said polymer to provide said hemocompatible coated polymer.

15. The polymer of claim 8 wherein said crosslinking agent is selected from a group consisting of divinylbenzene, trivinylbenzene, divinylnaphthalene, trivinylcyclohexane, divinylsulfone, trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate, trimethylolpropane dimethacrylate, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, trimethylolpropane diacrylate, pentaerythrital dimethacrylates, pentaerythrital trimethacrylates, pentaerythrital tetramethacrylates, pentaerythritol diacrylates, pentaerythritol triiacrylates, pentaerythritol tetraacrylates, dipentaerythritol dimethacrylates, dipentaerythritol trimethacrylates, dipentaerythritol tetramethacrylates, dipentaerythritol diacrylates, dipentaerythritol triacrylates, dipentaerythritol tetraacrylates, divinylformamide and mixtures thereof.

16. The polymer of claim 8 wherein said crosslinking agent comprises divinylbenzene.

17. The polymer of claim 8 wherein said crosslinking agent comprises trivinylcylohexane.

18. The polymer of claim 8 wherein said crosslinking agent comprises trivinylbenzene.

19. The polymer of claim 8 wherein said polymer comprises copolymers of divinylbenzene with comonomers being selected from a group consisting of styrene, ethylstyrene, acrylonitrile, butyl methacrylate, octyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate, octyl acrylate, cetyl methacrylate, cetyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate, vinyltoluene, vinylnaphthalene, vinylbenzyl alcohol, vinylformamide and mixtures thereof.

20. The polymer of claim 8 wherein said hemocompatible coated polymer is a porous polymer.

21. The polymer of claim 8 wherein said hemocompatible coated polymer is an ion exchange polymer.

22. The polymer of claim 8 wherein said polymer is processed in non-pyrogenic water.

23. A polymer with a hemocompatible surface coating, said polymer being manufactured by a one step process comprising:

simultaneously coating and polymerizing monomer droplets in a suspension polymerization procedure with at least one dispersing agent having encapsulated said droplets with a hemocompatible coating to thereby form a polymer with a hemocompatible surface-coating grafted onto the surface of said polymer, said dispersing agent being a biocompatibilizing polymer, said dispersing agent is selected from a group consisting of hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypopyl cellulose, poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate), poly(hydroxyethyl acrylate), poly(hydroxypropyl methacrylate), poly(hydroxypropyl acrylate), poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate), poly-(dimethylaminoethyl acrylate), poly(diethylamimoethyl methacrylate), poly-(diethylaminoethyl acrylate), poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(N-vinylpyrrolidinone), salts of poly(methacrylic acid), and salts of poly(acrylic acid) and mixtures thereof, wherein said dispersing agent gets chemically grafted to said surface of said polymer.

24. The polymer of claim 23 wherein said monomer droplets is selected from a group consisting of divinylbenzene, styrene, ethylstyrene, acrylonitrile, butyl acrylate, butyl methacrylate, vinyltoluene, vinylnaphthalene, octyl methacrylate, octyl acrylate, cetyl methacrylate, cetyl acrylate, ethyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate, vinylbenzyl alcohol, vinylformamide and mixtures thereof.