Patent ID: 8147863

Claim:
A biocompatible resorbable polyarylate comprising a copolymer of strictly-alternating monomer units consisting of a a biocompatible dicarboxylic acid compound having the structure: HO—(C═O)—(CH 2 —) a O—[(CH 2 —) a CHR 3 —O—] m (CH 2 —) a —(C═O)—OH wherein a is from 1 to 3, inclusive, m is from 1 to 500,000, inclusive, R 3 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group containing from one to four carbon atoms, provided that m is not 1 when each a=1 and a biocompatible tyrosine-derived diphenol compound having the structure: wherein R 1 is CH═CH or (CH 2 ) n wherein n is from 0 to 18 inclusive; and R 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and straight and branched alkyl and alkylaryl groups containing up to 18 carbon atoms.