IP Library Granted Patent US 9,629,940
Granted Patent B2
US 9,629,940 · App. 14/542,716 · Granted Apr 25, 2017

Bioabsorbable polymeric composition for a medical device

Inventors: G. Lawrence Thatcher (Chelmsford, MA); Robert J. Cottone (Davie, FL)
Assignee: OrbusNeich Medical, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 9,629,940
App. No.
14/542,716
Granted
Apr 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A biodegradable and biocompatible nontoxic polymeric composition is provided which includes a base material such as a crystallizable polymer, copolymer, or terpolymer, and a copolymer or terpolymer additive. Medical devices manufactured from the composition are also provided.

Claims (2)

1. A crystallized bioabsorbable polymer composition comprising poly (L-lactide) moiety, and/or a poly (D-lactide) moiety, and/or poly L-lactide-co-PEG moiety, and/or poly D-lactide-co-PEG moiety, linked or admixed with poly (L-lactide-co-Tri-methylene-carbonate) or poly (D-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) or poly (L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) in the form of block copolymers or blocky random copolymers.

2. The composition of claim 1 , comprising poly (L-lactide), linked or admixed with a modifying copolymer comprising, poly (L-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) in the form of block copolymer or blocky random copolymer.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 15, 2022
From: ORBUSNEICH MEDICAL PTE. LTD.
To: ORBUSNEICH MEDICAL PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 060386/0417 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2019
From: ORBUSNEICH MEDICAL, INC.
To: ORBUSNEICH MEDICAL PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 048043/0879 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2016
From: THATCHER, G. LAWRENCE; COTTONE, ROBERT J.
To: ORBUSNEICH MEDICAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 039641/0429 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 13370394 · Feb 10, 2012
Continuation 12508442 · Jul 23, 2009
Division 11781230 · Jul 20, 2007
Provisional Application 60807932 · Jul 20, 2006
Provisional Application 60862433 · Oct 20, 2006
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