Patent ID: 8187623
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: A61L,C08G

Abstract:
1. A medical product comprising a medical copolymer, said copolymer comprising (a) a polymer backbone that comprises (i) a plurality of —C═C— groups within the polymer backbone, (ii) a plurality of —R 9 — groups within the polymer backbone, wherein R 9 comprises a radical-substituted C2-C10 cyclic or heterocyclic group, or (iii) both a plurality of —C═C— groups within the polymer backbone and a plurality of —R 9 — groups within the polymer backbone, (b) a plurality of hydrocarbon-based pendant groups along the polymer backbone that comprise a saturated or unsaturated carbon chain of at least four carbons in length, and (c) a plurality of zwitterionic pendant groups along the polymer backbone that comprise a positively charged quaternary ammonium group and a negatively charged phosphate group, wherein the copolymer comprises a plurality of monomers selected from wherein R wherein m is an integer between 0 and 5, wherein p is an integer between 4 and 25, and wherein at least one of R