US 12,280,173 B1
Shape memory polymers and methods of use
Hak-Joon Sung, Nashville, TN (US); Timothy C. Boire, Nashville, TN (US); Mukesh K. Gupta, Nashville, TN (US); Angela L. Zachman, Lilburn, GA (US); Sue Hyun Lee, Nashville, TN (US); and Colleen M. Brophy, Nashville, TN (US)
Assigned to Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed by Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US)
Filed on Nov. 12, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/681,652.
Application 16/681,652 is a division of application No. 14/318,179, filed on Jun. 27, 2014, granted, now 10,532,125.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/840,449, filed on Jun. 27, 2013.
Int. Cl. A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61L 27/26 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61L 27/58 (2006.01); A61L 31/06 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01); C08G 63/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 27/18 (2013.01) [A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61L 27/26 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61L 27/58 (2013.01); A61L 31/06 (2013.01); A61L 31/14 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); C08G 63/08 (2013.01); A61L 2400/16 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
 
1. A composition comprising at least one polymer, each polymer including:
a first monomer having an allyl carboxylate group and is photocrosslinkable in polymer form;
a second monomer comprising caprolactone that is not photocrosslinkable in polymer form; and wherein the total molar composition of the polymer includes about 1 mol % to about 30 mol % of the first monomer;
wherein the composition is in the form of a film.