SELF-ASSEMBLING MONOMERS AND OLIGOMERS AS SURFACE-MODIFYING ENDGROUPS FOR POLYMERS

摘要

Provided is a medical device or prosthesis or packaging assembly comprising a
polymer body, wherein the polymer body comprises a plurality of polymer
molecules located
internally within said body, at least some of which internal polymer molecules
have
endgroups that comprise a surface of the body, wherein the surface endgroups
include at least
one self-assembling monolayer moiety, wherein the polymer comprising the self-
assembling
molecular moieties in the polymer body is a first polymer making up the
entirety of a major
portion of the body and having a weight average molecular weight in the range
5000-5,000,000 daltons, or is a second polymer, having a weight average
molecular weight in
the range 1000-500,000 daltons, which comprises an additive to the first
polymer making up
the entirety or a major portion of the body.