Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100150984 | BIO-ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS AND A PROCEDURE FOR PREPARATION OF SAME - The present invention generally relates to implantable devices for producing insulin in diabetic animals and to methods of making same. Some embodiments include amphiphilic biomembranes for use in biological applications (e.g., as an alternative and/or supplemental insulin source). Some embodiments also include live insulin-producing cells contained within one or more amphiphilic membranes so as to prevent or diminish an immuno-response and/or rejection by the host. | 06-17-2010 |
20100267897 | THERMOPLASTIC AMPHIPHILIC CO-NETWORKS - The present invention relates generally to thermoplastic amphiphilic networks and/or co-networks. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to thermoplastic (TP) amphiphilic co-networks (APCNs) and the preparation of membranes from such APCNs. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to an amphiphilic network comprising at least one hydrophilic polymer-derived portion, at least one hydrophobic polymer-derived portion and at least one thermoplastic polymer-derived portion. In still another embodiment, the present invention relates to thermoplastic amphiphilic co-networks prepared by combining the chemistries of APCNs and polyurethanes (PUs) and to the preparation of membranes therefrom. | 10-21-2010 |
20110213084 | POLYMERS HAVING BOTH HARD AND SOFT SEGMENTS, AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME - The present invention generally relates to alcohol- and amine-terminated polyisobutylene (PIB) compounds, and to a process for making such compounds. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to primary alcohol- and amine-terminated polyisobutylene compounds, and to a process for making such compounds. In still another embodiment, the present invention relates to polyisobutylene compounds that can be used to synthesize polyurethanes and polyureas, to polyurethane and polyurea compounds made via the use of such polyisobutylene compounds, and to processes for making such compounds. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to polyisobutylene compounds containing urea or urethane segments therein, and to a method of producing such compounds. In still yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to a polymer having one or more different soft segments and one or more different hard segments. | 09-01-2011 |
20120259069 | POLYISOBUTYLENE-BASED POLYURETHANES, POLYUREAS AND/OR POLYURETHANE-POLYUREAS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - The present invention generally relates to polyisobutylene-based polyurethanes, polyureas and/or polyurethane-polyureas, and to a process for making such compounds. In one embodiment, the polyisobutylene-based polyurethanes, polyureas and/or polyurethane-polyureas also include at least one flexible hydrogen bond acceptor chain extender (HACE). In another embodiment, amine telechelic and hydroxyl telechelic polyisobutylenes are utilized with at least one at least one flexible hydrogen bond acceptor chain extender (HACE) to produce polyurethane-polyureas having various desired mechanical properties in combination with various desired oxidative/hydrolytic stability. | 10-11-2012 |
20130041108 | POLYMERS HAVING BOTH HARD AND SOFT SEGMENTS, AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME - The present invention generally relates to alcohol- and amine-terminated polyisobutylene (PIB) compounds, and to a process for making such compounds. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to primary alcohol- and amine-terminated polyisobutylene compounds, and to a process for making such compounds. In still another embodiment, the present invention relates to polyisobutylene compounds that can be used to synthesize polyurethanes and polyureas, to polyurethane and polyurea compounds made via the use of such polyisobutylene compounds, and to processes for making such compounds. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to polyisobutylene compounds containing urea or urethane segments therein, and to a method of producing such compounds. In still yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to a polymer having one or more different soft segments and one or more different hard segments. | 02-14-2013 |
20130281742 | METHOD AND SYNTHESIS OF INITIATORS FOR TELECHELIC POLYISOBUTYLENES - A new methodology for the synthesis of a novel difunctional- and a known trifunctional initiator, i.e., 1,3-di(2-methoxy-2-propyl)-5-isopropyl benzene and 1,3,5-tri(2-methoxy-2-propyl)benzene, respectively, for the preparation of di- and tri-telechelic polyisobutylenes. The synthesis proceeds in three steps: 1) catalytic peroxidation of 1,3,5-triisopropylbenzene, 2) reduction of the peroxides to the corresponding alcohols, and 3) methylation of the alcohols. By controlling the conversion of the key peroxidation step the relative ratio of di- and tri-functional intermediates can be controlled. By the use of the 1,3-di(2-methoxy-2-propyl)-5-isopropyl-benzene, well-defined di-methoxy telechelic polyisobutylenes can be synthesized. Although the overall combined yield of the two initiators was only 14-20%, because of the low cost of the starting material, reagents used, and simple manipulations these compounds represent the most cost effective initiators to-date for the preparation of telechelic polyisobutylenes. | 10-24-2013 |
20130331538 | MELT PROCESSIBLE POLYUREAS AND POLYUREA-URETHANES, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF AND PRODUCTS MADE THEREFROM - A polyurea or polyurea-urethane elastomer comprises a soft polymer segment and a hard polymer segment, wherein the hard polymer segment includes polyurea groups in combination with H-bond accepting chain extenders (HACEs) to reduce the flow temperature (T | 12-12-2013 |
20140073743 | POLY(OCTYLCYANOACRYLATE)-POLYISOBUTYLENE POLYMER CONETWORK, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF AND USES THEREOF - A polymer conetwork formed from the polymerization reaction of octyl-cyanoacrylate and a tri-telechelic star polymer comprising polyisobutylene terminated with cyanoacrylate groups (Ø(PIB-CA) | 03-13-2014 |