Patent ID: 8569435

Claim:
A biocompatible polymer having the chemical formula of in which, the hydrophobic group is a straight chain, branched, unsaturated or cyclic hydrocarbon of one to sixteen carbon atoms; the amino acid mimetic group is selected from the group consisting of an acetamide, a propionamide, an alaninamide, a lactamide, and a glycinamide; R 1 and R 2 are independently a hydrogen or a methyl group; m is in a range from about 0.1 to about 0.995; n is in a range from about 0.005 to about 0.9; and m+n=1; wherein the biocompatible polymer is formed from monomers consisting of acrylic monomer bearing the hydrophobic group and acrylic monomer bearing the amino acid mimetic group as shown in the formula above.