Abstract:
The present invention includes compositions, methods, systems of making a composition that includes one or more active agent; a recognitive polymeric matrix; and a porosigen, wherein the composition comprises a porous recognitive, swellable hydrogel that dissociates under conditions of low water or humidity.
Abstract:
A composite structure comprising a first porous portion comprising a plurality of interconnected pores and a second solid portion having a first surface, said first surface secured to said first portion wherein said first and second portions are fabricated from a polymer material. The material may be suitable for implant, illustratively vertebral or spinal implants, comprising a rigid biocompatible polymer such as PEEK comprising a plurality of interconnected pores. The polymer illustratively has a porosity of between 50% and 85% by volume and in a particular embodiment is able to withstand pressures of up to 20 MPa. The porous PEEK material may also have a minimum thickness in any dimension of one (1) inch.
Abstract:
A composition containing poly(lactic acid), at least one bacteriocin (e.g., nisin, generally in the form of Nisaplin®), and at least one plasticizer (e.g., lactic acid, lactide, triacetin, glycerol triacetate), and optionally at least one pore forming agent. A method of making the composition, involving mixing about 100% of the total of the poly(lactic acid), about 50% to about 90% of the total of the at least one plasticizer, and optionally at least one pore forming agent at a first temperature of about 150° to about 170° C. to form a mixture, cooling the mixture to a second temperature of about 115° to about 125° C., adding at least one bacteriocin and about 10% to about 50% of the total of the at least one plasticizer and the remainder of the total of the poly(lactic acid) to the mixture and mixing to form the composition.
Abstract:
A method to make a silicone foam. A layer of crystalline material is embedded in a layer of uncured silicone. The crystalline material is closely packed in crystal-to-crystal contact, the crystals being provided in a plurality of sizes or ranges of size to increase the packing ratio of the crystals as a group. The silicone is cured and then the crystals are dissolved out with a solvent that dissolves them but does not dissolve the silicone.
Abstract:
A process for making a polyamide-acid powder comprises reacting at least one diamine of the formula H2N-R1-NH2, where R is a divalent polycyclic aromatic radical in which no more than one NH2 group is substituted in any one aromatic ring, with at least one tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride of the formula where R is a tetravalent radical containing at least one 6-carbon atom ring having benzenoid unsaturation and wherein the four carbonyl groups are attached to different carbon atoms in a ring of the R radical and wherein each pair of carbonyl groups is attached to adjacent carbon atoms in a 6-membered benzenoid ring of the R radical, in an organic solvent for at least one of the reactants, the solvent being inert to the reactants, at a temperature below 75 DEG C., to form a solution of a polymer containing polyamide-acid having an inherent viscosity of at least 0.1, and then mixing the solution with a precipitant for the polyamide-acid to precipitate a particulate, polymeric solid. The precipitate may be converted to the corresponding polyimide by (1) reacting with a lower fatty monobasic acid preferably in the presence of a tertiary amine and/or (2) heating at a temperature above 50 DEG C. The inherent viscosity is measured at 35 DEG C. at a concentration of 0.5% by weight of the polymer in N:N-dimethyl acetamide. Many diamines, tetracarboxylic acid dianhydrides, solvents and precipitants are specified. The examples describe the preparation of polyamide-acid powders from:-(1) 4:41-diamino diphenyl ether and pyromellitic dianhydride and (2) bis-(3:4-dicarboxyphenyl) ether dianhydride and 1:3-bis-(p-amino-phenoxy) benzene.
Abstract:
Soft actuators are fabricated from materials that enable the actuators to be constructed with an open-celled architecture such as an interconnected network of pore elements. The movement of a soft actuator is controlled by manipulating the open-celled architecture, for example inflating/ deflating select portions of the open-celled architecture using a substance such as compressed fluid.
Abstract:
Poly(propylene fumarate) is copolymerized with poly(caprolactone) diol to produce a block copolymer of poly(propylene fumarate) and poly(caprolactone). The biocompatible and bioresorbable block copolymer of poly(propylene fumarate) and poly(caprolactone) is useful in the fabrication of injectable and in situ hardening scaffolds for tissue and/or skeletal reconstruction. The block copolymer can be crosslinked by redox or photo-initiation, with or without an additional crosslinker. Thus, the copolymer is both self-crosslinkable (without the use of any crosslinkers) and photocrosslinkable (in the presence of photons such as UV light).
Abstract:
The present invention provides a polyurethane implant that is porous and degradable, and act as a scaffold for the repair of damaged tissue. Importantly, the implant of the present invention is biocompatible with the degradation products of the implant causing minimal immune or cytotoxic reaction. The present invention also provides for a method of making these biocompatible implants.
Abstract:
L'invention se rapporte à un procédé de fabrication de particules de cellulose poreuses, qui ont une forme régulière et une capacité de sorption de l'eau de 1,5 à 9 fois leur propre poids, ainsi qu'une masse volumique apparente après tassement inférieure à 0,85 g/ml. Le procédé de fabrication de ces matrices cellulosiques poreuses consiste à traiter mécaniquement la cellulose hydraulisée dans une phase à voie humide. Les matrices celluylosiques ont de préférence une grandeur d'au moins 0,1 mm et une masse volumique apparente après tassement de 0,1 à 0,7 g/ml. Une substance bioactive ou des substances bioactives peuvent être sorbées, précipitées ou sublimées dans la structure poreuse des matrices. Ces matrices peuvent être mélangées avec des médicaments ou avec des granulés contenant des médicaments, afin d'en améliorer la mise en tablettes et les propriétés des tablettes obtenues, et elles peuvent ensuite être comprimées. Des matrices dans lesquelles il est incorporé un médicament peuvent être utilisée pour permettre la compression directe des tablettes.