Mixed With Polycarboxylic Acid Or Derivative And Polyhydroxy Reactant Or Polymer Therefrom Patents (Class 525/425)
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Patent number: 7589157Abstract: The invention provides methods for making copolymers and multi-arm block copolymers useful as drug delivery vehicles. The multi-arm block copolymers comprise a central core molecule, such as a residue of a polyol, and at least three copolymer arms covalently attached to the central core molecule, each copolymer arm comprising an inner hydrophobic polymer segment covalently attached to the central core molecule and an outer hydrophilic polymer segment covalently attached to the hydrophobic polymer segment, wherein the central core molecule and the hydrophobic polymer segment define a hydrophobic core region. The solubility of hydrophobic biologically active agents can be improved by entrapment within the hydrophobic core region of the block copolymer. The invention further includes pharmaceutical compositions including such block copolymers, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the block copolymers as drug delivery vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2007Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics AL, CorporationInventor: Xuan Zhao
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Patent number: 7520891Abstract: Provided herein is a poly(ester amide) (PEA) polymer blend and a polymeric coating containing the PEA polymer blend. The PEA polymer blend has a Tg above the Tg of poly(ester amide benzyl ester) (PEA-Bz) or the Tg of poly(ester amide TEMPO). The PEA polymer blend can form a coating on an implantable device, one example of which is a stent. The coating can optionally include a biobeneficial material and/or optionally with a bioactive agent. The implantable device can be used to treat or prevent a disorder such as one of atherosclerosis, thrombosis, restenosis, hemorrhage, vascular dissection or perforation, vascular aneurysm, vulnerable plaque, chronic total occlusion, claudication, anastomotic proliferation for vein and artificial grafts, bile duct obstruction, ureter obstruction, tumor obstruction, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: April 21, 2009Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jessica R. DesNoyer, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Lothar W. Kleiner
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Patent number: 7514478Abstract: Powder coating binders having a glass temperature of ?35° C. containing at least one polymer and one or more radiation-curing reactive thinners, a process for the production of these powder coating binders and their use as a component of powder coatings.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2004Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Thomas Fäcke, Jan Weikard, Peter Thometzek
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Patent number: 7511103Abstract: Provided herein is a copolymer that includes a soft block (A) and a hard block (B) comprising a tyrosine di-peptide. The copolymer can be any of AB, ABA or BAB type block copolymers. The soft block can include a PEA polymer.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2008Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventor: Syed Faiyaz Ahmed Hossainy
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Patent number: 7511081Abstract: The present invention relates to a recycling method of a mixed waste of polyester and polyamide (hereinafter, referred to as “mixed waste”) in which polyesters including polyethylene terephthalate and polyamides are inseparable from one another. In accordance with the recycling method of the present invention, it is possible to prepare a solid block polymer having an acid value of 1 to 150 mgKOH/g, a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 to 50,000 and a softening point of 10 to 150° C., or a liquid polyester-amide block polymer composition having good compatibility, solubility and dispersibility. In addition, the polymer having an acid value of more than 20 mgKOH/g is reacted with a basic compound to form a neutralized salt which is then used to prepare a water-soluble polyester-amide block polymer composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2005Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Inventors: Do-Gyun Kim, Hyo-Sung Kim
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Patent number: 7507251Abstract: Provided herein is a bioabsorbable implantable device comprising a bioactive agent and a poly(ester amide) (PEA) polymer blend.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jessica R. DesNoyer, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Lothar W. Kleiner
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Patent number: 7507474Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic compositions comprising a polymer matrix and an additive which modifies the rheological behavior of the matrix in the molten state. The purpose of the invention is to provide a preferably non-reactive additive which can be dispersed in the matrix and which can be used to obtain a good compromise in terms of rheological properties/mechanical properties. According to the invention, the additive is a hyperbranched polymer which is functionalized by R<2> radicals, R<2> being a radical of the following type: substituted or non-substituted hydrocarbon, of the silicon type, linear or branched alkyl, aromatic, arylalkyl, alkylaryl or cycloaliphatic, which can comprise one or more unsaturations and/or one or more heteroatoms.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2002Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: RhodianylInventors: Joël Varlet, Florence Clement, Franck Touraud, Sandrine Rochat, Natalia Scherbakoff
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Patent number: 7504448Abstract: Disclosed are molded articles such as covers, mantles and cores for golf balls, one-piece thermoplastic golf balls, and heel counters and toe puffs for footwear, prepared from compositions comprising thermoplastic elastomers, thermoplastic carboxylic acid-based ionomers, thermoplastic polyurethanes and thermoset polyurethanes modified with micropulp produced from organic fibers. The compositions are tougher, stronger, and more scuff and abrasion resistant than typical ionomer compositions. Also disclosed are methods for making golf balls comprising said compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2005Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: John Chu Chen
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Patent number: 7452944Abstract: Compositions made from a polyarylate or polyester carbonate containing greater than about 50 mole % resorcinol based ester linkages give miscible blends with polyimide resins. The blends of polyimides and resorcinol based polyesters or resorcinol based polyester carbonates also give miscible blends when combined with other aryl alky polyester resins.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.Inventors: Robert R. Gallucci, Mark A. Sanner, Paul D. Sybert
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Publication number: 20080227907Abstract: The invention relates to a resin polymer blend comprising at least two dry blended, non-melt processible resin polyimide particulates, wherein the non-melt processible resin polyimide articulates are molded by compression molding.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Inventors: Mark R. Schmeckpeper, Timothy D. Krizan
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Patent number: 7425594Abstract: A copolymer and a process of making the copolymer are disclosed. The copolymer is produced from reacting a glycidyl ester and/or ether with a polyol comprising a functionality of at least 2 wherein at least 50% by weight of the copolymer comprises a minimum of 3n+X repeating units, wherein n is a monomer unit and X is a monomer unit and/or other reactant. The copolymer may also include less than 50% of the polymeric units having the same molecular weight. The present invention is further directed to processes for preparing the copolymer and to coating compositions employing the copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2005Date of Patent: September 16, 2008Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan T. Martz, Stephen J. Thomas
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Publication number: 20080169590Abstract: The invention relates to blends of polyamides in polyesters, a method for forming such compositions, and to containers made from such compositions. Specifically the compositions have less haze and transparency than previous blends. The blends can be used as passive gas barriers, and/or active oxygen scavengers with the addition of a transition metal catalyst. The invention seeks to obtain balanced refractive indices for the polyamides/polyester compositions. A method to blend the copolyester and polyamides and orient the blend to minimize the haze, thereby forming an oriented article, is also described and claimed. These articles have excellent gas barrier properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2004Publication date: July 17, 2008Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L.Inventors: Sanjay Mehta, Phyllis Anne Hiltner, Eric Baer
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Patent number: 7390497Abstract: Provided herein is a PEA polymer blend and coatings or implantable devices formed therefrom. The PEA polymer blend is formed of a PEA polymer and a material capable of hydrogen bonding with the PEA. The PEA polymer blend can form a coating on an implantable device, one example of which is a stent. The coating can optionally include a biobeneficial material and/or optionally with a bioactive agent. The implantable device can be used to treat or prevent a disorder such as one of atherosclerosis, thrombosis, restenosis, hemorrhage, vascular dissection or perforation, vascular aneurysm, vulnerable plaque, chronic total occlusion, claudication, anastomotic proliferation for vein and artificial grafts, bile duct obstruction, ureter obstruction, tumor obstruction, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2004Date of Patent: June 24, 2008Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jessica Renee DesNoyer, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Syed Faiyaz Shmed Hossainy, Lothar Kleiner, Yiwen Tang, Gina Zhang
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Patent number: 7375165Abstract: The invention relates to thermoplastic compositions comprising a thermoplastic polyamide matrix and at least one additive which modifies the interaction between the matrix and an agent. The purpose of the invention is to provide an additive which modifies the interaction between a copolyamide-type thermoplastic copolyamide matrix and at least one agent. The aforementioned additive, which comprises at least one hyperbranched functionalised polymer, is not compatible with the matrix. Moreover, said additive can be used for the controlled modification of the interaction between the thermoplastic copolyamide and an internal or external chemical agent. Preferably, the composition does not contain hyperbranched polymers which produce therein a reduction in the molar mass of matrix M which is greater than or equal to 7% in relation to a sample composition which comprises matrix M but does not contain hyperbranched polymer additive(s). Said mass measurement is taken preferably using a determined protocol P.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2002Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: RhodianylInventors: Jean-François Sassi, Franck Touraud, Natalia Scherbakoff, Christine Vidil, Christophe Paulo, Sandrine Rochat, Jean-Pierre Marchand, Bertrand Bordes
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Patent number: 7375154Abstract: This invention relates to a polyester/polyamide blend having an excellent gas barrier property. More particularly, the present invention relates to combinations of a polyethylene terephthalate polymer and a polyamide polymer having an excellent gas barrier property and short oxygen scavenging induction periods, where the polyamide polymer has a C:A terminal group concentration ratio of 2:1 or more and a C+A terminal group concentration of at least 0.17 meq/g of polyamide polymer, wherein C represents a cumulative total of a terminal carboxyl group concentration and a terminal hydrocarbyl group concentration expressed in meq/g of polyamide, and A represents a terminal amine group concentration expressed in meq/g of polyamide.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Steven Lee Stafford, Mark Edward Stewart, Benjamin Bradford Gamble
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Patent number: 7365133Abstract: Provided herein is a poly(ester amide) (PEA) polymer blend and coatings and medical devices formed of the blend.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jessica Renee DesNoyer, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Lothar Kleiner
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Patent number: 7312263Abstract: The present invention relates to thermoplastic polyamide moulding compositions which contain at least one copolyamide with at least 20% by weight polyamide 12 components and at least one aprotic compound selected from the group of N-alkylated, cyclic carboxylic acid amides with 5 to 7 ring elements and/or of urea derivatives, the alkyl rests of which are linear at the nitrogen or which form a linking of the two N-atoms, and a process for production of the moulding compositions. The thermoplastic polyamide moulding compositions are distinguished by the fact that no solid deposits are formed during thermoplastic conversion.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: EMS-Chemie AGInventors: Eduard Schmid, Ornulf Rexin
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Patent number: 7300986Abstract: The present invention provides compounds that have an amide linkage and at least two epoxy groups. The compounds are preferably aliphatic.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2002Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Dow3Global Technologies Inc.Inventors: David J. Brennan, Jerry E. White, Jimmy D. Earls, Mary L. Dettloff
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Patent number: 7291683Abstract: The present invention relates to compatible blends of, per se incompatible, thermoplastic molding compositions, to methods for the production thereof, and to the use of the blends according to the present invention to produce films, fibers and molded articles.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2004Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbHInventors: Heiko Tebbe, Volker Müller
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Patent number: 7288586Abstract: A solid concentrate is provided having a combination of a transition metal present in an amount ranging from 1000 to 40,000 ppm (weight by metal) and a polyester polymer present in an amount of at least 40 wt. % based on the weight of the concentrate. Concentrates made with highly modified polyester polymers are easy to compound with transition metals forming less brittle polymer upon melt extrusion. Bottle preforms and oxygen scavenging bottles can be made from these concentrates by combining solid polyester particles, solid polyamide particles, and solid these concentrate particles c into an melt processing zone, forming a melt, and forming an article directly from the melt. The b* color and the L* color and the haze levels of the preforms are improved over the preforms made with liquid carriers instead of solid concentrates.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2005Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Mark Edward Stewart, Emerson Eston Sharpe, Jr., Benjamin Bradford Gamble, Steven Lee Stafford, Robert Noah Estep, James Carl Williams, Thomas Roger Clark
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Patent number: 7279124Abstract: Crystallizable polyester compositions containing an aliphatic polyamide crystallization nucleator exhibit controllable and adjustable crystallization rates upon cooling from the melt and are thermoformable in melt to mold processes.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2004Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Jack Wesley Trexler, Jr., David Scott Porter, James Christopher Scanlan
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Patent number: 7265186Abstract: The invention provides methods for making copolymers and multi-arm block copolymers useful as drug delivery vehicles. The multi-arm block copolymers comprise a central core molecule, such as a residue of a polyol, and at least three copolymer arms covalently attached to the central core molecule, each copolymer arm comprising an inner hydrophobic polymer segment covalently attached to the central core molecule and an outer hydrophilic polymer segment covalently attached to the hydrophobic polymer segment, wherein the central core molecule and the hydrophobic polymer segment define a hydrophobic core region. The solubility of hydrophobic biologically active agents can be improved by entrapment within the hydrophobic core region of the block copolymer. The invention further includes pharmaceutical compositions including such block copolymers, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the block copolymers as drug delivery vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2004Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics AL, CorporationInventor: Xuan Zhao
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Patent number: 7241832Abstract: Biodegradable polymer blends suitable for laminate coatings, wraps and other packaging materials are manufactured from at least one “hard” biopolymer and at least one “soft” biopolymer. “Hard” biopolymers tend to be more brittle and rigid and typically have a glass transition temperature greater than about 10° C. “Soft” biopolymers tend to be more flexible and pliable and typically have a glass transition temperature less than about 0° C. While hard and soft polymers each possess certain intrinsic benefits, certain blends of hard and soft polymers have been discovered which possess synergistic properties superior to those of either hard or soft polymers by themselves. Biodegradable polymers include polyesters, polyesteramides, polyesterurethanes, thermoplastic starch, and other natural polymers. The polymer blends may optionally include an inorganic filler. Films and sheets made from the polymer blends may be textured so as to increase the bulk hand feel.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2002Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: bio-tec Biologische Naturverpackungen GmbH & Co., KGInventors: Kishan Khemani, Harald Schmidt, Simon K. Hodson
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Patent number: 7214414Abstract: Biodegradable polymer blends suitable for laminate coatings, wraps and other packaging materials are manufactured from a blend of suitable biodegradable polymers, such as at least one “hard” biopolymer and at least one “soft” biopolymer. “Hard” biopolymers tend to be more brittle and rigid and typically have a glass transition temperature greater than about 10° C. “Soft” biopolymers tend to be more flexible and pliable and typically have a glass transition temperature less than about 0° C. While hard and soft polymers each possess certain intrinsic benefits, certain blends of hard and soft polymers have been discovered which possess synergistic properties superior to those of either hard or soft polymers by themselves. Biodegradable polymers include polyesters, polyesteramides, polyesterurethanes, thermoplastic starch, and other natural polymers. The polymer blends may optionally include an inorganic filler. Films and sheets made from the polymer blends may be textured so as to increase the bulk hand feel.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2005Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: biotec Biologische Naturverpackungen GmbInventors: Kishan Khemani, Harald Schmidt, Simon Hodson
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Patent number: 7205040Abstract: Coextruded, biaxially oriented polyester films which have a base layer (B) and have a heatsealable outer layer (A) that can be peeled from APET/CPET and from CPET, where the outer layer (A) comprises from 80 to 99% by weight of polyester and from 1 to 10% by weight of inorganic and/or organic particles with a median diameter d50 of from 2.5 to 12 ?m, and where the polyester is composed of from 12 to 89 mol % of units derived from at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid and of from 11 to 88 mol % of units derived from at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, and the ratio calculated from the particle size d50 of the particles and the layer thickness dA of the outer layer (A) is ?1, and the base layer (B) comprises poly(-xyleneadipamide). The films of the invention are suitable, owing to their increased oxygen barrier, as a packaging material for foods and other consumable goods or as a lid film for APET/CPET or CPET trays.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2004Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Herbert Peiffer, Bart Janssens, Gottfried Hilkert, Matthias Konrad
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Patent number: 7196127Abstract: A biodegradable polyesteramide and preparation method, having a formulation that contains (a) a diacid: 30%˜70% by weight (b) a diol: 10%˜50% by weight (c) an amide: 5%˜70% by weight (d) a diamine: 10%˜70% by weight (e) a branching agent: 0%˜10% by weight (f) a catalyst: an organic compound containing tin, 0 ppm˜50 ppm total proportion by weight (g) an antioxidant: an aromatic antioxidant, 0%˜5% by weight. A polycondensation reaction proceeds under nitrogen protection, and at a temperature of 140° C.˜270° C., and under this reaction temperature a vacuum polycondensation reaction proceeds for 4–6 hours, whereupon the biodegradable polyesteramide is acquired having a melting point of 125° C.˜130° C., a stretchability strength of 19˜28 Mpa, a fracture tensibility ratio of 80%˜300%. Under conditions where PH=12 and at a temperature of 80° C. complete degradation can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2003Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Inventor: Jen-Show Lai
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Patent number: 7193020Abstract: A film comprising a resin alloy of a liquid-crystalline polyester, a polyimide and an optional inorganic filler is provided. The film is excellent in heat resistance and dimensional stability.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2005Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Toyonari Ito, Satoshi Okamoto
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Patent number: 7186452Abstract: This invention relates to a coextruded, transparent, biaxially oriented polyester film comprising a base layer (B) and a heatsealable top layer (A) which is peelable from at least the APET side of an APET/CPET tray, the heatsealable and peelable top layer (A) consisting of a) 50–95% by weight of polyester and b) 5–40% by weight of a polyester-incompatible polymer (=anti-PET polymer) based on the mass of the top layer (A), wherein c) the polyester is composed of 20–95 mol % of units derived from at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid and 5–80 mol % of units derived from at least one aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, and d) the layer thickness dA is from 1.3 to 3.0 ?m. The invention further relates to a process for producing the film and to its use.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2004Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Herbert Peiffer, Bart Janssens, Bodo Kuhmann, Harald Mueller
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Patent number: 7176256Abstract: Crosslinked polymer compositions comprise a first synthetic polymer containing multiple nucleophilic groups covalently bound to a second synthetic polymer containing multiple electrophilic groups. The first synthetic polymer is preferably a synthetic polypeptide or a polyethylene glycol that has been modified to contain multiple nucleophilic groups, such as primary amino (—NH2)or thiol (—SH) groups. The second synthetic polymer may be a hydrophilic or hydrophobic synthetic polymer which contains, or has been derivatized to contain, two or more electrophilic groups, such as succinimidyl groups. The compositions may further comprise other components, such as naturally occurring polysaccharides or proteins (such as glycosaminoglycans or collagen) and/or biologically active agents.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2004Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Angiotech Pharmaceuticals (US), Inc.Inventors: Woonza M. Rhee, Frank A. DeLustro, Richard A. Berg
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Patent number: 7166680Abstract: Provided herein is a poly(ester amide) (PEA) polymer blend and a polymeric coating containing the PEA polymer blend. The PEA polymer blend has a Tg above the Tg of poly(ester amide benzyl ester) (PEA-Bz) or the Tg of poly(ester amide TEMPO). The PEA polymer blend can form a coating on an implantable device, one example of which is a stent. The coating can optionally include a biobeneficial material and/or optionally with a bioactive agent. The implantable device can be used to treat or prevent a disorder such as one of atherosclerosis, thrombosis, restenosis, hemorrhage, vascular dissection or perforation, vascular aneurysm, vulnerable plaque, chronic total occlusion, claudication, anastomotic proliferation for vein and artificial grafts, bile duct obstruction, ureter obstruction, tumor obstruction, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2004Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Jessica Renee DesNoyer, Stephen Dirk Pacetti, Lothar Kleiner
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Patent number: 7151135Abstract: Provided are crosslinked polymer compositions that include a first synthetic polymer containing multiple nucleophilic groups covalently bound to a second synthetic polymer containing multiple electrophilic groups. The first synthetic polymer is preferably a synthetic polypeptide or a polyethylene glycol that has been modified to contain multiple nucleophilic groups, such as primary amino (—NH2) or thiol (—SH) groups. The second synthetic polymer may be a hydrophilic or hydrophobic synthetic polymer, which contains or has been derivatized to contain, two or more electrophilic groups, such as succinimidyl groups. The compositions may further include other components, such as naturally occurring polysaccharides or proteins (such as glycosaminoglycans or collagen) and/or biologically active agents.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2005Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Angiotech Pharmaceuticals (US), Inc.Inventors: Woonza M. Rhee, Frank A. DeLustro, Richard A. Berg
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Patent number: 7144958Abstract: Disclosed are molded articles such as covers, mantles and cores for golf balls, one-piece thermoplastic golf balls, and heel counters and toe puffs for footwear, prepared from compositions comprising thermoplastic elastomers, thermoplastic carboxylic acid-based ionomers, thermoplastic polyurethanes and thermoset polyurethanes modified with micropulp produced from organic fibers. The compositions are tougher, stronger, and more scuff and abrasion resistant than typical ionomer compositions. Also disclosed are methods for making golf balls comprising said compositions.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2004Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: John Chu Chen
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Patent number: 7141307Abstract: Polyester films which comprise not only thermoplastic polyester, e.g. polyethylene terephthalate, but also from 5 to 45% by weight of poly(m-xyleneadipamide) and optionally from 0.02 to 1% by weight of fillers, and which have, on at least one surface, an adhesion-promoting layer comprised of a hydrolyzed amino-functional silane. The films of the invention are produced by a sequential stretching process, and feature improved mechanical properties, such as a modulus of elasticity greater than 3500 N/mm2 in both orientation directions, high gloss, low haze, and very good barrier properties with respect to oxygen transmission. Films of the invention are therefore a suitable packaging material for foods and other consumable items, and as starting material for production of laminates via extrusion coating.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2005Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Oliver Klein, Herbert Peiffer, Matthias Konrad
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Patent number: 7115224Abstract: Acid dye stain-resistant fibers which are formed from a polyamide composition containing a mixture of a masterbatch concentrate, a fiber-forming polyamide and a polymer, the masterbatch concentrate including a carrier and a reagent having the formula: wherein Q and Z are moieties which associate with free acid dye sites in the polyamide, a is an integer from 0 to 2, b is an integer from 1 to 4, and R is an alphatic, aromatic or alicydic hydrocarbyl group. The carrier can be a terpolymer, a semi-crystallic thermoplastic polyester or plyamide having a melting point of about 235° C. or less, or mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2003Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Prisma Fibers, Inc.Inventor: Matthew Studholme
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Patent number: 7098273Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the compatibility of the resin composition comprising the PAI resin and the PAS resin so as to provide a resin composition which is excellent in flowability when molten, strength, tenacity and heat resistance. A resin composition comprising: (1) 5 to 60 parts by weight of aromatic polyamide imide resin (A) having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 1,000 to 100,000 and having an amino group in an amount of 0.00002 to 0.002 mol/g in a molecule, (2) 95 to 40 parts by weight of polyarylene sulfide resin (B), and (3) 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of episulfide compound (C) based on 100 parts by weight of the total of (A) and (B).Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2004Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Toshiaki Yamada, Hajime Ban, Hiroyuki Kudo
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Patent number: 7056975Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition composed of a thermoplastic resin and a polyamide elastomer in which the polyamide elastomer contains at least 50 weight % of a polyetheramide elastomer prepared by polymerization of a tri-block polyetherdiamine compound, a polyamide-forming monomer is an aminocarboxylic acid and/or a lactam compound, and a dicarboxylic acid compound, in which the tri-block polyetherdiamine compound has the formula (1): [each of x and y is an integer of 1 to 20, and y is an integer of 4 to 50].Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2004Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Fujimura, Toshio Moriyama, Shinya Matsuda
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Patent number: 7057008Abstract: Packaging materials made from water-soluble nylons are disclosed, that readily contain materials such as caustic chemicals and upon exposure to water dissolve to provide for the release of the chemical into an aqueous environment. The materials are made from select polyether diamines and select aliphatic dicarboxylic acids.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2003Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Rolando Umali Pagilagan
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Patent number: 7053168Abstract: A method for preparing a polyimide includes introducing a mixture of an oligomer and a solvent to an extruder, removing solvent via at least one extruder vent, and melt kneading the oligomer to form a polyimide. The polyimide has a low residual solvent content. The method is faster than solution polymerization of polyimides, and it avoids the stoichiometric inaccuracies associated with reactive extrusion processes that use monomers as starting materials.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Norberto Silvi, Mark Howard Giammattei, Paul Edward Howson, Farid Fouad Khouri
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Patent number: 7048981Abstract: Compositions suitable for preparing transparent articles comprising an aromatic polyester resin selected from a copolyalkylene terephthalate containing from 3 to 15% by moles of units derived from isophtalic acid and/or a naphtalene dicarboxylic acid and a polyxylylene amide, preferably poly (m.xylylene adipamide), in which the polymide is dispersed in the polyester resin as domains with average numeral size of 30 to 200 nm. The compositions are obtained by premelt-mixing the polyester with a dianhydride of a tetracarboxylic acid prior mixing the polyxylylene amide using melt viscosity ration between the polyester resin and the polyxylylene amide higher that 1.5:1, preferably from 3:1 to 8:1.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2002Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Cobarr S.p.A.Inventors: Hussain Al Ghatta, Sandro Cobror
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Patent number: 7049371Abstract: A material for an insulating film which comprises a copolymer obtained by reacting a polyamide having a specific structure and a reactive oligomer as a component forming the film; a coating varnish for an insulating film which comprises this material and an organic solvent; an insulating film which comprises a layer of a resin comprising as a main structure a polybenzoxazole which is obtained by treating the above material or the above coating varnish by heating so that condensation reaction and crosslinking reaction take place and has fine pores; and a semiconductor device which comprises an insulating interlayer film for multi-layer wiring comprising the insulating film and/or a surface protective film comprising the insulating film. Excellent electrical, thermal and mechanical properties are exhibited and a low permittivity can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2001Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Sumitomo Bakelite Company, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Enoki, Hidenori Saito, Nobuhiro Higashida, Yuichi Ishida
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Patent number: 7048712Abstract: A combination of polymeric components provides desired characteristics in forming medical instruments such as catheters and balloons for dilatation catheters. For example, a balloon material is formed from a blend of polymeric components, including a first crystalline polymeric component and a second softening polymeric component. Where the first two components are generally incompatible, the balloon material can also include a third compatibilizing agent to facilitate blending the first two polymeric components together.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventors: Ziyun Chen, Tai Cheng, Ketan Muni, Udayan Patel, Robert Saltman
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Patent number: 7034088Abstract: An acid-dyeable polyester composition comprising (a) polyester and (b) secondary amine or secondary amine salt in an amount effective to promote acid-dyeability. The acid-dyeable polyester composition may be prepared by melt blending: the polyester; and polymeric additive prepared from (i) triamine containing secondary amine or secondary amine salt unit(s) and (ii) one or more other monomer and/or polymer units. One polymeric additive comprises polyamide selected from the group consisting of poly-imino-bisalkylene-terephthalamide, -isophthalamide and -1,6-naphthalamide, and salts thereof. Also, the polymeric additive, the blends, shaped articles (e.g., fibers and films), processes of dyeing, and processes for preparing an acid dyeable polyester composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2004Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Invista North Americal S.AR.L.Inventors: Yanhui Sun, Jun Zhao
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Patent number: 7022764Abstract: A substantially transparent antistatic, impact resistant, molding composition comprises a miscible mixture of a polycarbonate resin and a cycloaliphatic polyester resin, and an antistatic polymeric material wherein the mixture of the polycarbonate and the cycloaliphatic polyester resin is present in suitable proportions for substantially matching the index of refraction of the antistatic polymeric material.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2003Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Michael C. Murray
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Patent number: 7001560Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition suitable for molding a microscopic structure that has small cure shrinkage, good mold transfer properties and excellent properties for post-processing such as polishing processing and laser processing. Such a resin is a thermosetting resin composition comprising 95 to 35 wt % of a thermosetting resin and 5 to 65 wt % of organic filler having a particle size of 10 ?m or less. From such a resin, an ink ejecting apparatus having a microscopic structure, for example, a nozzle of a diameter of 30 ?m, is integrally molded.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2001Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: Cluster Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Adachi, Shoji Uesugi
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Patent number: 6992150Abstract: A toner binder for dry toners which comprises a polyester; and a process for producing the toner binder. A known conventional technique for imparting low-temperature fixing property and anti-hot offset property to a toner binder is to use a mixture of two powdery polyesters. However, when the two polyesters mixed differ greatly in softening point, the effect of mixing is not obtained and pigments show poor dispersibility during toner production. The toner binder and the process eliminate these problems. The toner binder comprises aggregates of binder resin particles comprising two polyesters (A) and (B), wherein the polyester (A) has a higher softening point than the polyester (B) and the polyesters (A) and (B) have been evenly mixed in each particle. The process for producing a toner binder is characterized by melt-mixing the two polyesters (A) and (B) at 80 to 180° C. The toner binder is used mainly as an ingredient for dry toners.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2001Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Nakanishi, Tomohisa Kato, Masakazu Iwata
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Patent number: 6979492Abstract: A poly(trimethylene-ethylene ether) amide comprises a soft segment from poly(trimethylene-ethylene ether) glycol and a polyamide hard segment, preferably joined by ester linkages. The poly(trimethylene-ethylene ether) ester amides in accordance with the invention are particularly useful as shaped articles. The shaped articles are, preferably, prepared from fibers, fabrics or films.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2003Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Hari Babu Sunkara
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Patent number: 6956099Abstract: Copolymers having linked internal polyether blocks and internal polyamide blocks have advantageous physical properties and solvent-gelling abilities. The copolymer may be prepared from a reaction mixture that contains 1,4-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid (CHDA) and poly(alkyleneoxy) diamine (PAODA). Optionally, the reaction mixture contains no monofunctional compound reactive with either amine or carboxylic acid groups, however some of this monofunctional compound may be present. Dimer diamine and/or dimer acid may be present in the reaction mixture. A copolymer may also be prepared from a reaction mixture containing dimer acid and at least two diamine compound(s) including PAODA and short-chain aliphatic diamine having 2-6 carbons (SDA), wherein: a) the reaction mixture comprises x grams of PAODA and y grams of SDA, and x/(x+y) is 0.8-0.98; b) the reaction mixture weighs z grams, and x/z is at least 0.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2003Date of Patent: October 18, 2005Assignee: Arizona Chemical CompanyInventor: Mark S. Pavlin
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Patent number: 6930155Abstract: A polyurethane composition comprising: A) from 3 to 35% by weight of a polymeric composition comprising 1) at least one polymer and 2) at least one thermoset in amounts of from 0.5 to 50% by weight, based on the sum of A1) and A2), prepared by reaction in the polymer matrix A1) of a) at least one starting component containing NH2 groups and b) at least one starting component containing NCO groups, a) and b) having simultaneously or independently a functionality of ?2 and at least one starting component having a functionality of >2 being present in amounts of from 0.5 to 100% by weight, based on the weight of A2); B) from 15 to 45% by weight in the polymeric composition A), based thereon, of at least one amorphous and/or crystalline polyester having an OH number of from 10 to 250 mg KOH/g; C) from 7 to 25% by weight in the polymeric composition A), based thereon, of at least one curing agent based on blocked polyisocyanates, isocyanurates and/or uretdiones having a functionality of at least 1.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Degussa AGInventors: Jörn Volker Weiss, Werner Grenda
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Patent number: 6913804Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising, per 100 parts by weight: 99 to 60 parts of a thermoplastic polymer (D), 1 to 40 parts of (A)+(B)=(C) (A) being a copolymer comprising polyamide blocks and polyether blocks, (B) being a polymer or an oligomer which comprises, in its chain, at least one ionic functional group and is chosen from: polyamides, copolymers comprising polyamide blocks and polyether blocks, thermoplastic polyesters or polyesteramides, copolymers comprising polyester blocks and polyether blocks, polyethers, polyurethanes. The invention also relates to the blends of (A) and (B) as product.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2002Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: ArkemaInventors: Christophe Lacroix, Reinhard Linemann, Philippe Blondel, Yves Lermat
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Patent number: 6911496Abstract: Provided are crosslinked polymer compositions that include a first synthetic polymer containing multiple nucleophilic groups covalently bound to a second synthetic polymer containing multiple electrophilic groups. The first synthetic polymer is preferably a synthetic polypeptide or a polyethylene glycol that has been modified to contain multiple nucleophilic groups, such as primary amino (—NH2) or thiol (—SH) groups. The second synthetic polymer may be a hydrophilic or hydrophobic synthetic polymer, which contains or has been derivatized to contain, two or more electrophilic groups, such as succinimidyl groups. The compositions may further include other components, such as naturally occurring polysaccharides or proteins (such as glycosaminoglycans or collagen) and/or biologically active agents.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2004Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Cohesion Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Woonza M. Rhee, Frank A. DeLustro, Richard A. Berg