Patent ID: 8013061

Claim:
A method of making an article comprising a thermoset elastomeric polymer, said method comprising: forming an aliphatic polyester prepolymer into said article, and then thermally crosslinking said prepolymer to produce said article; wherein said aliphatic polyester prepolymer is produced by the process comprising reacting a diol or polyol with at least a first diacid, or a diester of said first diacid, to produce said aliphatic polyester prepolymer; wherein said first diacid is a trans-beta-hydromuconic acid (HMA); said prepolymer further comprising a crosslinking agent; wherein said thermoset elastomeric polymer completely degrades within six months when immersed in phosphate buffered saline solution at 37° C.; and wherein said article has a Young's modulus of 0.02 MPa to 20 MPa.