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  • Patent number: 5159050
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyurethane has tertiary amino groups in the polymer chain. Protonation of the amino groups with an aqueous acid causes the polymer to absorb up to 1,000% by weight of water and swell. The protonated amino groups form a complex with an antithrombogenic agent to give an antithrombogenic polyurethane. The invention includes a shaped article of the polyurethane. The shaped article may be antithrombogenic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Fidelis C. Onwumere
  • Patent number: 5159051
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyurethane having prolonged biostability has tertiary amino groups in the polymer chain. Protonation of the amino groups with an aqueous acid causes the polymer to absorb up to 1,700% by weight of water and swell. The protonated amino groups form a complex with an antithrombogenic agent to give an antithrombogenic polyurethane. The invention includes a shaped article of the polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1992
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Fidelis C. Onwumere, Nancy L. Shields
  • Patent number: 6197844
    Abstract: A monomer useful in the formulation of a radiation curable coatable composition comprises (a) polyfunctional isocyanurate having at least three terminal reactive groups reacted with (b) hydroxyalkyl acrylate and (c) tertiary amine alcohol in a molar ratio of a:b:c of about 1:1-2.5:0.5-2, wherein b+c is at least 3 and no greater than the total number of terminal reactive groups of (a). The monomer is included in a radiation curable coatable composition suitable for use as a floor finish and in a floor finishing system comprising the foregoing coatable composition with a primer. A method for the treatment of a substrate using the floor finish and the floor finishing system is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Steven J. Hamrock, Fidelis C. Onwumere, Bradford B. Wright, Michael A. Yandrasits