Radiopaque cyanoacrylate compositions
View Patent ↗This invention relates to sterilized cyanoacrylate adhesive compositions with x-ray imagining capabilities, methods of making such compositions, and methods of using such compositions.
1. A shelf-stable, one-part cyanoacrylate composition, wherein the composition has been sterilized in liquid form and remains in liquid form after sterilization, wherein the composition comprises:
a) a cyanoacrylate monomer; and
b) a radiopaque agent having the following structure H 2 C═C(X)—COOY, wherein X is hydrogen or alkyl and Y is Z n —Ar—I n ; wherein Z is alkyl, Ar is substituted with a carboxyl linker when m is 1, m is 0 or 1, and n is 1-5.
2. A composition according to claim 1 further comprising a combination of an anionic stabilizer and a free-radical stabilizer in amounts effective to stabilize the composition during sterilization and to stabilize the sterilized composition during storage prior to cure.
3. A composition as in claim 1 , wherein the composition is exposed to a dose of gamma irradiation that is in the range of 10-35 kGy.
4. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the cyanoacrylate monomer has the following structure H 2 C═C(CN)—COOR, wherein R is a member selected from the group consisting of C 1-15 alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl, aryl, allyl and haloalkyl groups.
5. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the radiopaque agent has the following structure
wherein X is hydrogen or methyl and n is 1-5.
6. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the radiopaque agent has the following structure
7. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the radiopaque agent has the following structure
8. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the radiopaque agent has the following structure