US 12,274,763 B2
Catechol-containing material for use in dental applications
Eric Anderson, Princeton, NJ (US)
Assigned to Mussel Polymers, Inc, Bethlehem, PA (US)
Filed by Mussel Polymers, Inc., Bethlehem, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/933,809.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/287,124, filed on Dec. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/245,959, filed on Sep. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0092416 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61K 6/30 (2020.01); A61K 6/60 (2020.01); A61K 6/62 (2020.01); A61K 6/802 (2020.01); A61K 6/818 (2020.01); A61K 6/889 (2020.01); C09J 133/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 6/30 (2020.01) [A61K 6/60 (2020.01); A61K 6/62 (2020.01); A61K 6/802 (2020.01); A61K 6/818 (2020.01); A61K 6/889 (2020.01); C09J 133/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A polymeric layer comprising a catechol-containing thin-film comprised of a polymer containing catechol, semi-quinone, or quinone to enhance the binding strength of a dental adhesive;
wherein the polymeric layer comprises the reactive species separate from the catechol or catechol containing material; and the reactive species comprises an acrylic, a silane, a silicone, a methacrylate, a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) or a combination thereof;
wherein the acrylic comprises an acrylic such as 2,2-bis[4-(2-hydroxy-3-methacryloyloxypropoxy)phenyl]propane (BisGMA), ethoxylated bisphenol-A dimethacrylate (EBPADMA), triethylene glycol dimethacrylate (TEGDMA), urethane dimethacrylate, (UDMA), tert-butylphenoxy BisGMA (MtBDMA), modified urethane dimethacrylate, amide modified bisphenol-A, CH3BisGMA, acidic bisphenol-A dimethacrylate, dimethacrylate from cycloaliphatic epoxide, aromatic urethane dimethacrylate, urethane modified BisGMA, acid aromatic dimethacrylate, oxydiphthalic-acid dimethacrylate, phenyl dihydroxymethacrylate diphosphonate, Acidic Bisphenol-A dimethacrylate, morpholine carbonyl methacrylate, phenyl carbonate methacrylate.