Invention Application
- Patent Title: ENTERIC ELASTOMERS
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Application No.: US15317601Application Date: 2015-06-11
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Publication No.: US20170128576A1Publication Date: 2017-05-11
- Inventor: Shiyi Zhang , Andrew Bellinger , Carlo Giovanni Traverso , Robert S. Langer , Dean Liang Glettig , Lowell L. Wood, JR. , Philip A. Eckhoff
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology , THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC. , Tokitae LLC
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge US MA Boston US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.,Tokitae LLC
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology,The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.,Tokitae LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge US MA Boston US WA Bellevue
- International Application: PCT/US15/35425 WO 20150611
- Main IPC: A61K47/32
- IPC: A61K47/32 ; C08L33/02 ; C08L33/08 ; C08L33/14

Abstract:
Enteric elastomers and related methods are generally provided. In some embodiments, the enteric elastomer is a polymer composite. Certain embodiments comprise a polymer composite in which hydrogen bonds within two carboxyl group-containing polymers cross-link the polymer networks into an elastic and pH-responsive polymer composite. Advantageously, this polymer composite has the capacity of being stable and elastic in an acidic environment such as that of the stomach but can be dissolved in a neutral pH environment such as that of the small and large intestines. In some embodiments, the polymer composites described herein comprise a mixture of two or more polymers with carboxyl functionality such that the two or more polymers form hydrogen bonds. In certain embodiments, the polymer composite has both enteric and elastic properties.
Public/Granted literature
- US10413507B2 Enteric elastomers Public/Granted day:2019-09-17
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