Patent ID: 8063151

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a biocompatible copolymer, comprising: polymerizing a plurality of acrylate monomers to yield a copolymer having the following formula, in which, R 1 is a straight chain, branched, unsaturated or cyclic hydrocarbon of one to sixteen carbons; R 2 and R 3 are independently a hydrogen or a methyl group, m is in a range of from 0.1 to 0.995; and n is in a range from 0.005 to 0.9, wherein the plurality of acrylate monomers are polymerized to form an intermediate polymer and a 1-methyl-2-methoxyethyl group is thereafter coupled to the intermediate polymer, which is the polymer corresponding to the repeating portion subscripted “m” or R 1 group is thereafter coupled to the intermediate polymer, which is the polymer corresponding to the repeating portion subscripted “n,” to yield the copolymer.