Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Softening materials based on thiol-ene copolymers
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Application No.: US14261336Application Date: 2014-04-24
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Publication No.: US09931771B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Walter Voit , Taylor Ware
- Applicant: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
- Current Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Main IPC: A61L27/18
- IPC: A61L27/18 ; B29C45/00 ; B23K26/00 ; B29C67/00 ; C08F120/36 ; C08K3/04 ; H04R25/00 ; B23K26/402 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B29K105/00 ; B29K105/12 ; B29L31/00 ; B29C33/38 ; B29C33/40 ; B33Y80/00 ; B33Y99/00 ; B23K103/00

Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention are directed to softening amorphous polymeric materials based on a combination of thiol, acrylate, ene and epoxy monomers. These materials can soften to the modulus of tissue, have a sharp transition and are highly tunable. The materials have a glassy modulus of 1-7 GPa and exhibit a rubbery plateau in modulus that can range from 100 MPa down to as low as 0.03 MPa, which is at or below the modulus of tissue. They have potential uses as materials for near net shape processing such as casting, stereolithography, reaction injection molding, fused deposition molding and various other forms of 3D printing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140323647A1 SOFTENING MATERIALS BASED ON THIOL-ENE COPOLYMERS Public/Granted day:2014-10-30
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