US Patent Issued to Vanderbilt University on April 22 for "Shape memory polymers and methods of use" (Tennessee, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,173, issued on April 22, was assigned to Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Shape memory polymers and methods of use" was invented by Hak-Joon Sung (Nashville, Tenn.), Timothy C. Boire (Nashville, Tenn.), Mukesh K. Gupta (Nashville, Tenn.), Angela L. Zachman (Lilburn, Ga.), Sue Hyun Lee (Nashville, Tenn.) and Colleen M. Brophy (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently-disclosed subject matter includes a compound comprising a first monomer, which is allyl-functionalized and crosslinkable, and a second monomer, which is not crosslinkable. In some embodiments the compounds are photocrosslinkable, and in certa...