PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER MATERIAL

• Main Authors: BONNER MARK JAMES, WOODHEAD MICHAEL, HALL MICHAEL ANDREW, FARRAR DAVID FRANKLIN, CATON-ROSE PHILIP, BULL ALAN WILLIAM, WARD IAN MACMILLAN, UNWIN PAUL, HINE PETER JOHN, THOMPSON GLEN, BROWN MALCOLM, MARTYN MICHAEL, COATES PHILIP DAVID, BALDERAS HORACIO MONTES DE OCA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.05.2015
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F,C08G; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL; WORKING-UP

The present invention relates at least in part to methods for the manufacture of shape memory polymer (SMP) materials. Particularly, although not exclusive, the present invention relates to processes for the formation of complex shaped devices composed of shape memory polymer.