Polymer supersurfactants for protein resistance and protein removal
First Claim
1. Aqueous solutions of soluble polymers and copolymers containing PEO chains together with alkyl chains to provide optimum adsorption onto hydrophobic surfaces, including polyolefins, acrylates, methacrylates, vinyl polymers, hydrophobic block copolymers, such as polyurethanes, and all other polymers and copolymers whose advancing water contact angle is greater than 20°
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such soluble polymers and copolymers containing not less than 5% by weight of monomer units A, where A can be represented by the formula;
##STR4## where X is 6 to 200, R1 is H or CH3 and R2 is H or C1 to C8 alkyl.
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Abstract
The invention discloses the processes and materials for treating materials to minimize the deposition of proteins and other molecules, and for removing proteins and other molecules from materials. New copolymers containing polyethylene oxide sidechains called supersurfactants have the ability to bind themselves to interfaces to provide a stable protein-resistant interface. A process is presented to treat and modify interfaces with the new copolymers.
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5 Claims
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1. Aqueous solutions of soluble polymers and copolymers containing PEO chains together with alkyl chains to provide optimum adsorption onto hydrophobic surfaces, including polyolefins, acrylates, methacrylates, vinyl polymers, hydrophobic block copolymers, such as polyurethanes, and all other polymers and copolymers whose advancing water contact angle is greater than 20°
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such soluble polymers and copolymers containing not less than 5% by weight of monomer units A, where A can be represented by the formula;
##STR4## where X is 6 to 200, R1 is H or CH3 and R2 is H or C1 to C8 alkyl. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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