Patent SG-11201807398U-A (SG)
Title: Versatile, flexible and biocompatible elastomeric microtubes
Inventor: XI WANG
IPC: C08J7/04
Filed: 2017-03-02
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication 8 September 2017 (08.09.2017) PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) HO 11111 0111011110110 11111111 01 I DIM EMI Publication Number A8 WO 2017/151915 CORRECTED VERSION -, -, .... ..... ...1>ej Date ........- W 1 PO I P CT MD 11111011101010111 (10) International (51) (21) (22) (25) Filing Language: (26) Publication Language: (30) (71) (72) International Patent Classification: A61F 2/02 (2006.01) B29C A61F 2/04 (2013.01) CO8J B81C 1/00 (2006.01) CO8J B81C 99/00 (2010.01) International Application Number: International Filing Date: 2 Priority Data: 62/302,919 3 March 2016 Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY PORE [SG/SG]; 21 Lower Kent 119077 (SG). MASSACHUSETTS TECHNOLOGY [US/US]; 77 Cambridge, MA 02139 (US). SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY [CN/CN]; 800 Dongchuan District, Shanghai, 200240 (CN). Inventors: XI, Wang; C/o National pore, Mechanobiology Institute, Road, Singapore 119077 (SG). National University Of Singapore, Engineering/dept. Of Biomedical, Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119077 C/o Singapore-mit Alliance For Research Centre, 1 Create Way, #10-01 138602 (SG). GONG, Xiaobo; C/o sity, Department Of Engineering Mechanics, Naoce, No. 800 Dongchuan, Minhang District, (74) 67/00 (2017.01) 7/00 (2006.01) 7/04 (2006.01) (81) PCT/US2017/020443 March 2017 (02.03.2017) English English (03.03.2016) US OF SINGA- (84) Ridge Road, Singapore INSTITUTE OF Massachusetts Avenue, MAO TONG Road, Minhang Agents: CARROLL, Alice, 0. et al.; Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C., 530 Virginia Rd, P.O Box 9133, Concord, MA 01742-9133 (US). Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). under Rule 4.17: of inventorship (Rule 4.17(iv)) with international search report (Art. 21(3)) Date of publication of this corrected version: 12 October 2017 Information about Correction: see Notice of 12 October 2017 Declarations University Of Singa- 21 Lower Kent Ridge LIM, Chwee, Teck; C/o Faculty Of — Engineering 21 Lower (SG). KONG, Fang; Published: And, Technology — Create Tower, Singapore (48) Shanghai Jiao Univer- Shanghai, 200240 (15) (CN). GC kr) Il 0\ Il kr) Il IN 1-1 (54) Title: VERSATILE, FLEXIBLE AND BIOCOMPATIBLE ELASTOMERIC MICROTUBES 0 ei (57) : The present invention relates to a flexible polymer-based microtube having an inner diameter of about 4 i.tm to about en. ) 1000 i.tm and a variable outer diameter, wherein the cross- sectional shape of the microtube can be, for instance, circular, rectangu - lar, square, triangular, elliptical, star or irregular. The present invention also relates to a method of making the flexible microtube and devices incorporating the flexible microtube.