Patent ID: 7241846

Claim:
A bioabsorbable composition comprising an amine-substituted polyalkylene glycol and a bioabsorbable isocyanate of the formula R′ 4-n —C—(R) n wherein the R′ groups can be the same or different at each occurrence and are each individually selected from the group consisting of —H and C 1 to C 8 alkylene groups, n is a number of from 2 to 4, and the R groups can be the same or different at each occurrence and are each individually selected from the group consisting of polyalkylene oxide groups and polyalkylene oxide groups substituted with at least one isocyanate group having the formula: -[A] n —NCO wherein A is a bioabsorbable group and n is from 1 to about 20, with the proviso that at least two of the R groups are polyalkylene oxide groups substituted with at least one isocyanate group.