Patent ID: 8623413

Claim:
A medical device, comprising: a synthetic, bioabsorbable, biocompatible polymer comprising the reaction product of at least one polybasic acid selected from the group consisting of succinic acid, succinic anhydride, malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, diglycolic acid, diglycolic anhydride, glutaric acid, glutaric anhydride, adipic acid, pimelic acid, suberic acid, sebacic acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid, maleic anhydride, mixed anhydrides, esters, activated esters and acid halides and at least one monoglyceride selected from the group consisting of monostearyl glycerol, monopalmitoyl glycerol, monomyrisitol glycerol, monocaproyl glycerol, monodecanoyl glycerol, monolauryl glycerol, monolinoleoyl glycerol and monooleoyl glycerol, said polymer comprising an aliphatic polyester backbone having pendant fatty acid ester groups and said polymer having a melting point less than or equal to 25° C., as determined by differential scanning calorimetry.