LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC;THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM; LLC;LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY
发明人:
BOYLE, Anthony J.,HEARON, Keith,MAITLAND, Duncan J.,NASH, Landon D.,WILSON, Thomas S.
申请号：
USUS2016/036245
公开号：
WO2016/200829A1
申请日:
2016.06.07
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
An embodiment of the invention is a shape memory polymer (SMP) foam designed to recover its original shape through exposure to a solvent. Thermo-responsive SMPs are polymers designed to maintain a programmed secondary shape until heated above their transition temperature, upon which the polymer recovers its original, or primary, shape. The thermo-responsive SMP foam is programmed to its secondary shape prior to use, typically compression of the foam to a small volume, and remains in this programmed shape until exposed to a selected solvent such as dimethyl sulfoxide or ethyl alcohol. Upon exposure to the solvent, the transition temperature of the SMP foam decreases below the temperature of the environment and the SMP foam actuates to its primary shape. The SMP foam is tailored to actuate upon exposure to specific solvents while minimizing or preventing actuation when exposed to water or other solvents. This selective solvent actuation can be used to increase working time of a SMP foam device, that is, the time allowed for use of a device without undesired actuation, while maintaining functional SMP actuation. Solvent actuated SMP foams can be used in various applications including, but not limited to, treatment of aneurysms and arterio-venous malformations, tissue engineering, and wound healing.Un mode de réalisation de l'invention est une mousse en polymère à mémoire de forme (SMP) conçu pour récupérer sa forme originale par exposition un solvant. Les SMP thermoréactives sont des polymère conçus pour conserver une forme secondaire programmée jusqu'à ce qu'elles soient chauffées au-dessus de leur température de transition, après quoi le polymère récupère sa forme originale, ou primaire. La mousse SMP thermoréactive est programmé pour sa forme secondaire avant utilisation, typiquement par compression de la mousse à un faible volume, et reste sous cette forme programmée jusqu'à leur exposition à un solvant sélectionné tel que le diméthylsulfoxyde ou l'alcool éthylique
