Patent ID: 7850982

Claim:
A blend comprising: a bioabsorbable terpolymer comprising from about 30 to about 50 weight percent of a polyoxyalkylene copolymer, from about 40 to about 50 weight percent epsilon-caprolactone, the balance of the copolymer comprising at least one other copolymerizable monomer selected from the group consisting of glycolide, lactide, p-dioxanone and trimethylene carbonate; and a polymer comprising two or more monomers selected from the group consisting of lactide, glycolide, lactic-acid, lactones, glycolic acid; carbonates, orthoesters, absorbable urethanes, absorbable nylons, polyethylene glycol-polypropylene glycol, polystyrene, n-vinyl pyrrolidine, n-vinyl pyridine, C 1 -C 12 acrylate monomer, C 1 -C 12 methacrylate monomer, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, acrylic acid, potassium sulfopropyl acrylate, potassium sulfopropyl methacrylate, and 2-methacryloyl phosphorocholine.