Shape memory polymers

Wilson, Thomas S.; Bearinger, Jane P.

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Title: Shape memory polymers

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New shape memory polymer compositions, methods for synthesizing new shape memory polymers, and apparatus comprising an actuator and a shape memory polymer wherein the shape memory polymer comprises at least a portion of the actuator. A shape memory polymer comprising a polymer composition which physically forms a network structure wherein the polymer composition has shape-memory behavior and can be formed into a permanent primary shape, re-formed into a stable secondary shape, and controllably actuated to recover the permanent primary shape. Polymers have optimal aliphatic network structures due to minimization of dangling chains by using monomers that are symmetrical and that have matching amine and hydroxyl groups providing polymers and polymer foams with clarity, tight (narrow temperature range) single transitions, and high shape recovery and recovery force that are especially useful for implanting in the human body.

Inventors:: Wilson, Thomas S.; Bearinger, Jane P.

Issue Date:: 2015-06-09

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1183939

Patent Number(s):: 9051411

Application Number:: 12/905,949

Assignee:: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES

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A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
A61B17/3498 - {Valves therefor, e.g. flapper valves, slide valves
A61B2017/00867 - {shape memory effect
A61B2017/00871 - {polymeric}
A61B2017/2932 - {Transmission of forces to jaw members}

B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
B82Y30/00 - Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08G - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS
C08G18/08 - Processes
C08G18/3203 - {Polyhydroxy compounds}
C08G18/3221 - {hydroxylated esters of carboxylic acids other than higher fatty acids}
C08G18/3271 - {Hydroxyamines}
C08G18/3281 - {containing three hydroxy groups}
C08G18/3284 - {containing four hydroxy groups}
C08G18/3287 - {containing cycloaliphatic groups}
C08G18/3851 - {containing three nitrogen atoms in the ring}
C08G18/73 - acyclic
C08G2280/00 - Compositions for creating shape memory

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08J - WORKING-UP
C08J9/0085 - {Use of fibrous compounding ingredients

C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08L - COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
C08L75/04 - Polyurethanes
C08L75/12 - from compounds containing nitrogen and active hydrogen, the nitrogen atom not being part of an isocyanate group
C08L75/14 - Polyurethanes having carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds

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DOE Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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