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
  • Patent number: 5401806
    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
    Inventors: Michael Braden, Allison O. Okpojo