Patents Assigned to The Secretary of State for Health in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Abstract: A biocompatible moldable curable polymer/monomer system capable of curing at ambient temperatures to provide an elastomer product while producing a lower exotherm than previously used systems. The system includes an alkyl acrylate or methacrylate homopolymer or copolymer; a monomer mixture of higher alkylacrylate or methacrylate combined with one or more of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and their lower alkyl esters; and a plasticizer and optionally cross-linking agents, anti-tack agents, and activators or photoinitiators. The moldable systems is a dough used for making earmoulds and earpieces or in fabrication of prostheses.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 19, 1993
Date of Patent:
March 28, 1995
Assignee:
The Secretary of State for Health in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland