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Method of making porous hydrophilic-lipophilic copolymeric powders
Assignee: Catalent Pharma Solutions LLC
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Filing: 1989-05-15
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Granted: 1990-08-14
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Expires: 2009-05-15
Abstract
Abstract A precipitation polymerization process for producing a macroporous cross-linked copolymeric lattice, capable of adsorbing hydrophilic and lipophilic fluids, in which process there is copolymerized at least one monounsaturated monomer and at least one polyunsaturated monomer in the presence of an organic liquid which is a solvent for the monomers but not for the copolymer, initiating the copolymerization of the monomers by means of a free radical generating catalytic compound, precipitating a copolymer in the solvent in the form of a powder, and forming a dry powder by removing the solvent from the precipitated copolymeric powder. One monomer is a hydrophilic compound and the other monomer is a lipophilic compound.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter J. Carmody
- 👤 Anthony J. Buzzelli
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-02 12:54
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F2/00; C08F2/04; C08F2/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A precipitation polymerization process for producing a macroporous cross-linked copolymer powder capable of adsorbing hydrophilic and lipophilic fluids, comprising copolymerizing at least one monounsaturated monomer and at least one polyunsaturated monomer in the presence of an organic liquid which is a solvent for the monomers but not for the copolymer, initiating the copolymerization of the monomers by means of a free radical generating catalytic compound, precipitating a copolymer in the organic liquid in the form of a powder which includes unit particles, agglomerates, and aggregates, and forming a dry powder by removing the organic liquid from the precipitated copolymer powder, one monomer being a hydrophilic compound and the other monomer being a lipophilic compound.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
A precipitation polymerization process for producing a macroporous cross-linked copolymer powder capable of adsorbing hydrophilic and lipophilic fluids, comprising copolymerizing at least one monounsaturated monomer and at least one polyunsaturated monomer in the presence of an organic liquid which is a solvent for the monomers but not for the copolymer, initiating the copolymerization of the monomers by means of a free radical generating catalytic compound, precipitating a copolymer in the organic liquid in the form of a powder which includes unit particles, agglomerates, and aggregates, and forming a dry powder by removing the organic liquid from the precipitated copolymer powder, one monomer being a hydrophilic compound and the other monomer being a lipophilic compound.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the monounsaturated monomer is selected from the group consisting of vinyl pyrrolidine, diacetone acrylamide, and 2-phenoxyethyl methacrylate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 2 wherein the polyunsaturated monomer is selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate and tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 2 wherein the solvent is selected from the group consisting of isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, toluene, heptane, and cyclohexane.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
75 words
The process of claim 1 in which the powder is a combined system of particles, the system of powder particles including unit particles of less than about one micron in average diameter, agglomerates of fused unit particles of sizes in the range of about twenty to eighty microns in average diameter, and aggregates of clusters of fused agglomerates of sizes in the range of about two hundred to about twelve hundred microns in average diameter.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 5 wherein the powder is formed of a highly cross-linked polymethacrylate copolymer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the monounsaturated monomer and the polyunsaturated monomer are present in the mol ratio of 20:80.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the monounsaturated monomer and the polyunsaturated monomer are present in the mol ratio of 30:70.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the monounsaturated monomer and the polyunsaturated monomer are present in the mol ratio of 40:60.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the monounsaturated monomer and the polyunsaturated monomer are present in the mol ratio of 50:50.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 1 including the step of stirring the monomers, solvent, and the free radical generating catalytic compound, during copolymerization.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the dry powder is formed by filtering excess solvent from the precipitated powder, and the filtered powder is vacuum dried.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
A macroporous cross-linked copolymeric powder produced by the process of claim 1.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
79 words
The powder of claim 13 in which the powder is in the form of a combined system of particles, the system of powder particles including unit particles of less than about one micron in average diameter, agglomerates of fused unit particles of sizes in the range of about twenty to eighty microns in average diameter, and aggregates of clusters of fused agglomerates of sizes in the range of about two hundred to about twelve hundred microns in average diameter.
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