121 |
Hybrid thermoplastic gels and their methods of making |
US15647986 |
2017-07-12 |
US10058001B2 |
2018-08-21 |
Gary W. Adams; Julian S. Mullaney; Michael A. Oar |
Methods, compositions, apparatuses, and systems are provided for a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. The methods comprise providing (a) a base polymer having at least one functional group capable of crosslinking, (b) a functionalized extender, and (c) heat, and reacting the base polymer and functionalized extender in the presence of the heat to form the hybrid thermoplastic gel. The gel composition may comprise 5-40 wt % of a base polymer, 60-95 wt % of a functionalized extender, and 0-10 wt % of a crosslinker. A closure or interconnect system may comprise a housing, a cable, and a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. A telecommunications apparatus may comprise a telecommunications component and a sealant that forms a seal with the telecommunications component. The sealant may comprise a sealant material having a first range of elongation followed by a second range of elongation. |
122 |
SILICONE GEL COMPOSITION AND SILICONE GEL CURED PRODUCT |
US15746509 |
2016-05-23 |
US20180201786A1 |
2018-07-19 |
Tadashi ARAKI |
Provided are: a silicone gel composition providing a silicone gel cured product having excellent heat resistance at high temperatures; and a cured product (silicone gel) thereof.This silicone gel composition is an addition reaction-curable silicone gel composition containing, with respect to the total (mass) of the composition, 1-1,000 ppm of a niobium carboxylate and/or nickel carboxylate represented by the following formula (3). (R3COO)fM (3) (In the formula, R3 is a homogeneous or heterogeneous monovalent hydrocarbon group, M is at least one metal selected from among nickel and niobium, and f is 2 when M is nickel and 4 or 5 when M is niobium.) |
123 |
Reversible aminal gel compositions, methods, and use |
US15423765 |
2017-02-03 |
US09879170B2 |
2018-01-30 |
Peter J. Boul; B. Raghava Reddy; Matt Hilfiger; Carl Thaemlitz |
A well treatment composition for use in a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir comprising a reversible aminal gel composition. The reversible aminal gel composition includes a liquid precursor composition. The liquid precursor composition is operable to remain in a liquid state at about room temperature. The liquid precursor composition comprises an organic amine composition; an aldehyde composition; a polar aprotic organic solvent; and a metal salt composition with valence 3, 4, or 5. The liquid precursor composition transitions from the liquid state to a gel state responsive to an increase in temperature in the hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir. The gel state is stable in the hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir at a temperature similar to a temperature of the hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir, and the gel state is operable to return to the liquid state responsive to a change in the hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir selected from the group consisting of: a decrease in pH in the hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir and an addition of excess metal salt composition in the hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir. |
124 |
Polymers for Inducing 3D Spheroid Formation of Biological Cells |
US15533027 |
2015-12-07 |
US20170362566A1 |
2017-12-21 |
JOHN SOLOMON GARNER; SARAH MICHELLE SKIDMORE; JUSTIN CHARLES HADAR; Burnsoo HAN; KINAM PARK |
The present invention provides the use of selected thermogelling polymers for the purpose of growing tumor spheroids. The invention provides a thermogelling platform comprising a synthetic polymer which, when seeded with cancer cells, induces the cells to grow into a natural spheroidal pattern forming a tumor spheroid. After accomplishing this in about 3-10 days, the gel washes away, leaving behind the spheroids. |
125 |
HYBRID THERMOPLASTIC GELS AND THEIR METHODS OF MAKING |
US15647986 |
2017-07-12 |
US20170311468A1 |
2017-10-26 |
Gary W. Adams; Julian S. Mullaney; Michael A. Oar |
Methods, compositions, apparatuses, and systems are provided for a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. The methods comprise providing (a) a base polymer having at least one functional group capable of crosslinking, (b) a functionalized extender, and (c) heat, and reacting the base polymer and functionalized extender in the presence of the heat to form the hybrid thermoplastic gel. The gel composition may comprise 5-40 wt % of a base polymer, 60-95 wt % of a functionalized extender, and 0-10 wt % of a crosslinker. A closure or interconnect system may comprise a housing, a cable, and a hybrid thermoplastic gel or sealant. A telecommunications apparatus may comprise a telecommunications component and a sealant that forms a seal with the telecommunications component. The sealant may comprise a sealant material having a first range of elongation followed by a second range of elongation. |
126 |
Gels |
US14148044 |
2014-01-06 |
US09765191B2 |
2017-09-19 |
Mansour Mehrabi; Sriram Venkataramani; Mark Bown; Ajay D. Padsalgikar; Ramasri Mudumba |
The present invention relates to biostable gel comprising: (a) at least one silicon-containing polyol, polyamine, polyepoxy or polyisocyanate having 1 or more functional groups and a molecular weight of at least 20,000 which is cured in the presence of: (b) at least one diol, diamine or diisocyanate having a molecular weight of less than 10,000; and/or (c) an initiator, processes for their preparation and their use in the manufacture and repair of biomaterials and medical devices, articles or implants, in particular the manufacture of a soft tissue implant such as breast implants and the repair of orthopaedic joints such as spinal discs. |
127 |
GEL PARTICLES, INK COMPOSITION AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD |
US15450050 |
2017-03-06 |
US20170174913A1 |
2017-06-22 |
Noriaki SATO; Shota SUZUKI |
There are provided gel particles which have a polymerizable group, and a three-dimensional crosslinked structure including at least one bond selected from a urethane bond and a urea bond, and enclose a photopolymerization initiator, an ink composition including the gel particles and a production method thereof, a photosensitive composition, and an image forming method. |
128 |
POLYURETHANE BASED GEL COMPOSITION |
US15327149 |
2015-09-02 |
US20170166681A1 |
2017-06-15 |
Yasmin N. Srivastava; Rogelio Gamboa |
A polyurethane gel for comfort applications includes a reaction product of a composition that includes (1) from 5 wt % to 35 wt % of a prepolymer component, based on a total weight of the composition, the prepolymer component including a reac tion product of an isocyanate component that includes diphenylemethane diisocyanate (MDI) and a polyol component that includes a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene polyol that has an polyoxyethylene content greater than 65 wt %, based on a total weight of the polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene polyol, and (2) a remainder of a prepolymer-reactive component that includes an amine-terminated polyol and a propylene oxide-ethylene oxide based monol or polyol. The composition excludes any plasticizers. |
129 |
ANALYTE SENSOR |
US15220277 |
2016-07-26 |
US20170146478A1 |
2017-05-25 |
Eric Lee; Mark Micklatcher; Jai Krishnamurthy |
Matrix materials, such as sol-gels and polymers derivatives to contain a redox active material can be used to form electrodes and probes suitable for use in pH meters and other analyte sensing devices. |
130 |
GELS |
US14148044 |
2014-01-06 |
US20170114187A9 |
2017-04-27 |
Mansour Mehrabi; Sriram Venkataramani; Mark Bown; Ajay D. Padsalgikar; Ramasri Mudumba |
The present invention relates to biostable gel comprising: (a) at least one silicon-containing polyol, polyamine, polyepoxy or polyisocyanate having 1 or more functional groups and a molecular weight of at least 20,000 which is cured in the presence of: (b) at least one diol, diamine or diisocyanate having a molecular weight of less than 10,000; and/or (c) an initiator, processes for their preparation and their use in the manufacture and repair of biomaterials and medical devices, articles or implants, in particular the manufacture of a soft tissue implant such as breast implants and the repair of orthopaedic joints such as spinal discs. |
131 |
EMULSION AND SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION PROCESSES, AND IMPROVED ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE FOR CARBON DERIVED FROM SAME |
US15289499 |
2016-10-10 |
US20170029281A1 |
2017-02-02 |
Benjamin E. Kron; Katharine Geramita; Henry R. Costantino; Joseph Frank Ludvik; Xing Dong; Shahid P. Qureshi; Gerald A. Knazek |
The present application is directed to methods for preparation of polymer particles in gel form and carbon materials made therefrom. The carbon materials comprise enhanced electrochemical properties and find utility in any number of electrical devices, for example, as electrode material in ultracapacitors or batteries. The methods herein can also be employed generally to improve emulsion and/or suspension polymerization processes by improved control of diffusion of acidic and basic species between the polymer and secondary phases. |
132 |
POSS-CONTAINING IN-SITU COMPOSITE NANOGEL WITH MAGNETIC RESPONSIVENESS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME |
US15038734 |
2014-12-05 |
US20160379742A1 |
2016-12-29 |
LIZONG DAI; LINGNAN CHEN; YUEGUANG WU; BIRONG ZENG; JIE MAO; SHUANG WANG; YITING XU; WEI'ING LUO; KAIBIN HE; XINYU LIU |
The present invention provides a POSS-containing in-situ composite nanogel with magnetic responsiveness and the method for preparing the same, wherein POSS-containing macromolecule capable of polymerizing and metal-coordination complexing is synthetized to complex with iron salt, Fe2+/Fe3+ salts are in-situ deposited via chemical coprecipitation, and crosslinking agent and initiator are added to induce polymerization so that POSS-containing nanogel ranges with magnetic responsiveness is obtained. The present invention is of professional design, feasible technique and simple operation, and prepared nanogel magnetic particles are well dispersed with excellent magnetic responsiveness, which possesses a good application prospect in medical diagnosis, sensor, catalyst carrier and biomaterial. |
133 |
POLYORGANOSILOXANE GELS HAVING POLYETHER GROUPS |
US15104056 |
2014-12-15 |
US20160317427A1 |
2016-11-03 |
Sebastian KNOER |
Organopolysiloxane gels are prepared by reacting an unsaturated silicone resin, a minor proportion of a terminally unsaturated polyoxyalkylene polyether, and two Si—H-functional organopolysiloxanes, one (2) with from 0.011 to 0.044 wt. % of Si—H groups, and one (2′) with from 0.045 to 0.35 wt. % of Si—H groups, where the molar ratio of (2) to (2′) is from 0.2 to 20. Compositions containing the gels are storage stable, and can absorb polar and/or hydrophilic substances and yet form monoplastic mixtures. The gels are particularly useful in personal care compositions. |
134 |
Emulsion and suspension polymerization processes, and improved electrochemical performance for carbon derived from same |
US14775792 |
2014-03-13 |
US09464162B2 |
2016-10-11 |
Benjamin E. Kron; Katharine Geramita; Henry R. Costantino; Joseph Frank Ludvik; Xing Dong; Shahid P. Qureshi; Gerald A. Knazek |
The present application is directed to methods for preparation of polymer particles in gel form and carbon materials made therefrom. The carbon materials comprise enhanced electrochemical properties and find utility in any number of electrical devices, for example, as electrode material in ultracapacitors or batteries. The methods herein can also be employed generally to improve emulsion and/or suspension polymerization processes by improved control of diffusion of acidic and basic species between the polymer and secondary phases. |
135 |
Reverse thermal gels and uses therefor |
US14831142 |
2015-08-20 |
US09358301B2 |
2016-06-07 |
Thomas Richard Friberg; Daewon Park; Yadong Wang |
Biodegradable triblock copolymer compositions are provided which are useful in tissue engineering and drug delivery. The copolymers are reverse thermal gels in that when heated from a lower temperature to a higher temperature, they gel. These gels are useful in drug delivery when complexed with an active agent. For example the compositions can be used for intraocular injection of active agents, such as anti-angiogenic agents for treatment of a maculopathy or retinitis. |
136 |
Organically modified hybrid aerogels |
US14726885 |
2015-06-01 |
US09284412B2 |
2016-03-15 |
Wenting Dong; Wendell E Rhine; Decio Coutinho |
Disclosed and claimed herein are hybrid aerogels which are compositions of tetraalkoxysilanes and bis-(trialkoxysilyl) imides that exhibit low thermal conductivities and high compressive strengths. Methods for their preparation are also provided. |
137 |
Polymers for contact lenses |
US13505418 |
2010-11-02 |
US09243102B2 |
2016-01-26 |
Abdul Rashid; Roderick William Jonathan Bowers; Wade Tipton; Neil Bonnette Graham |
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane contact lens prepared from a mixture comprising: (a) at least one polyethylene glycol; (b) at least one di-isocyanate; and (c) at least one diol of formula (I): wherein n is an integer from 1 to 25; wherein the polyethylene glycol, di-isocyanate and diol are reacted under substantially anhydrous conditions. Further aspects of the invention relate to a process for preparing a contact lens. The invention also relates to a process for preparing a polyurethane xerogel in the form of a molded article, said process comprising the steps of: (i) preparing a reaction mixture comprising at least one polyethylene glycol, at least one di-isocyanate and at least one diol of formula I as described above; (ii) reacting the reaction mixture formed in step (i) under substantially anhydrous conditions to form a polyurethane xerogel; (iii) injection molding the polyurethane xerogel to form a molded article, (iv) hydrating the xerogel molded article to form a contact lens. |
138 |
GEL SEALING CORROSION PREVENTION TAPE |
US14773199 |
2014-03-05 |
US20160017143A1 |
2016-01-21 |
Steven L. Falteisek |
A composition comprising a deformable tacky polyurethane polymer, which is the reaction product of: a polyisocyanate, a polyol and a mono-hydroxy tackifier; and one or more non-chromated corrosion inhibitors. In addition, compositions are provided comprising a deformable tacky polyurethane polymer, which is the reaction product of: a polyisocyanate, a polyol and a mono-hydroxy tackifier; one or more of: surface modified silica nanoparticles, glass bubbles and fiber filler particles; and one or more non-chromated corrosion inhibitors. In addition, a flexible gasketing tape is provided comprising a composition according to the present disclosure. |
139 |
Organically modified hybrid aerogels |
US14508740 |
2014-10-07 |
US09085893B2 |
2015-07-21 |
Wenting Dong; Wendell E Rhine; Decio Coutinho |
Disclosed and claimed herein are hybrid aerogels which are compositions of tetraalkoxysilanes and bis-(trialkoxysilyl)imides that exhibit low thermal conductivities and high compressive strengths. Methods for their preparation are also provided. |
140 |
ORGANICALLY MODIFIED HYBRID AEROGELS |
US14508740 |
2014-10-07 |
US20150021509A1 |
2015-01-22 |
Wenting Dong; Wendell E. Rhine; Decio Coutinho |
Disclosed and claimed herein are hybrid aerogels which are compositions of tetraalkoxysilanes and bis-(trialkoxysilyl) imides that exhibit low thermal conductivities and high compressive strengths. Methods for their preparation are also provided. |