Abstract:
The present invention relates to a novel group of copolymers comprising a soluble carbohydrate polymer (SCP), which typically is a non-starch carbohydrate, and a macromolecule covalently attached to the SCP. The macromolecule may e.g. be a hydrophobic copolymer, a polyelectrolyte polymer or a biodegradable polymer. The present invention furthermore relates to a method of preparing the copolymer, products comprising the copolymer, and to methods of preparing the products comprising the copolymer. The products comprising a copolymer are for example a polymeric carbohydrate material (PCM) modified by attachment of a copolymer, and a composite material comprising the modified PCM.
Abstract:
Implantable materials for medical or surgical applications comprising specific chemical groups on their surface to alter the physico-chemical properties of said material rendering it suitable implantation or biocompatible properties.
Abstract:
Método para la modificación de material de carbohidrato polimérico (PCM), método que comprende una etapa de fijación de un grupo químico que tiene una funcionalidad deseada respecto de dicho material de carbohidrato, por medio de una molécula ligante de carbohidrato (CLM) que comprende el grupo químico y un polímero de carbohidrato soluble (SCP) que comprende una hemicelulosa, siendo dicha molécula ligante capaz de fijación al PCM.
Abstract:
The invention makes available a method to introduce specific chemical groups onto the surface of any polymeric carbohydrate material to alter the physico-chemical properties of said material. In particular, the method comprises the controlled introduction of chemically-modified oligosaccharides into a carbohydrate polymer using a transglycosylating enzyme.
Abstract:
Implantable materials for medical or surgical applications comprising spe cific chemical groups on their surface to alter the physico-chemical propert ies of said material rendering it suitable implantation or biocompatible pro perties.