Patent ID: 7851526

Claim:
A furanone-initiated polymer comprising: one or more lactone monomers copolymerized with at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of absorbable cyclic amides, absorbable cyclic ether-esters derived from crown ethers, alpha hydroxy acids, beta hydroxyacids, polyalkyl ethers, and combinations thereof; and a furanone of the formula wherein R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are independently or all H, halogen, hydroxyl, or acetate, “ ” represents a double bond, and X is a moiety selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, formyl, carboxyl, cyano, ester, amide, alkyl, alkoxy, oxoalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl or arylalkyl, which moiety may optionally be substituted with one or more substituents or interrupted by one or more hetero atoms.