Patent ID: 9561301
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A61L,A61M,A61P,C08F,C08J

Claim:
1. A method of achieving pleurodesis in a patient, comprising the step of administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a hydrogel, wherein said hydrogel is prepared from a first non-natural polymer and a first cross-linker; said first non-natural polymer consists essentially of a plurality of subunits independently selected from the group consisting of wherein independently for each occurrence X is —(C(R) R is H or lower alkyl; Y is —NHR′, —OH, or —SH; R′ is H, NH n is 1-20; and about 60 mol % to about 99 mol % of the subunits are and said first cross-linker comprises at least two pendant first electrophilic groups, thereby achieving pleurodesis.