US 7,368,502 B2
	Hydroxyphenyl cross-linked macromolecular network and applications thereof
Anthony Calabro, Cleveland Heights, Ohio (US); Richard A. Gross, Plainview, N.Y. (US); and Aniq B. Darr, Shaker Heights, Ohio (US)
Assigned to The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio (US)
Filed on Aug. 05, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/198,803.
Application 11/198803 is a division of application No. 10/753779, filed on Jan. 08, 2004, granted, now 6,982,298.
Prior Publication US 2005/0265959 A1, Dec. 01, 2005
Int. Cl. C08L 89/00 (2006.01); C08G 63/48 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 525—54.1  [525/54.2; 525/326.1; 525/420; 525/540; 527/600; 521/189; 521/180]

27 Claims

1. A method of making a macromolecular network comprising the steps of synthetically substituting hydroxyphenyl groups onto a first macromolecular species selected from the group consisting of polycarboxylates, polyamines, and copolymers thereof, and forming at least one dihydroxyphenyl linkage between two hydroxyphenyl groups that have been attached respectively to adjacent ones of said first macromolecular species.