Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Edmund W. Black
  • Surface modified polymer beads
    Patent number: 6325939
    Abstract: A polymeric resin is disclosed in the form of beads or particles having a coating thereon which renders the resin blood compatible. The resin comprises divinylbenzene monomer which has a porosity, pore size, and surface area suitable for absorbtion of unhealthy components of blood, such as &bgr;-2-microglobulin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: The Dow Chemical Company
    Inventors: Robert M. Strom, Daniel J. Murray