US4438177A
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Cured pressure sensitive adhesives
Assignee: Smith and Nephew PLC
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Filing: 1982-06-16
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Granted: 1984-03-20
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Expires: 2002-06-16
Abstract
Abstract A process for the preparation of an adhesive layer on a substrate which comprises applying to a substrate a composition of an acrylate rendered curable by the presence of a cross linking agent and curing it by electron beam radiation characterized in that the curable composition comprises a liquid alkyl acrylate polymer having a K value of less than 30 in particular a process for preparing cured pressure sensitive adhesive layers for surgical products and products of the process are described.
Inventors
- 👤 William D. Potter
- 👤 Sinan B. Kiamil
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 04:14
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09J; C09J4/00; C09J4/06; A; A61; A61L; A61L15/00; A61L15/16; A61L15/42; A61L15/58; C09J7/00; C09J7/30; C09J7/38; C09J7/381; C09J7/385; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2852; Y10T428/2878; Y10T428/2891
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
87 words
Process for the preparation of an adhesive layer on a substrate which comprises applying to a substrate a composition of an acrylate rendered curable by the presence of a crosslinking agent and curing it by electron beam radiation characterised in that the curable composition consists essentially of a liquid alkyl acrylate polymer having a K value of 10 to 30 and a polyfunctional acrylate or methacrylate crosslinking agent said liquid alkyl acrylate polymer containing copolymerisable polyfunctional acrylate or methacrylate monomer units to provide an additional crosslinking agent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
87 words
Process for the preparation of an adhesive layer on a substrate which comprises applying to a substrate a composition of an acrylate rendered curable by the presence of a crosslinking agent and curing it by electron beam radiation characterised in that the curable composition consists essentially of a liquid alkyl acrylate polymer having a K value of 10 to 30 and a polyfunctional acrylate or methacrylate crosslinking agent said liquid alkyl acrylate polymer containing copolymerisable polyfunctional acrylate or methacrylate monomer units to provide an additional crosslinking agent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the liquid alkyl acrylate polymer contains one or more alkyl esters of acrylic acid in which the alkyl groups have 4 to 12 carbon atoms.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the liquid alkyl acrylate polymer contains acrylic acid monomer units.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the liquid acrylate polymer contains 4% to 8% by weight of the polymer of acrylic acid monomer units.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the liquid alkyl acrylate polymer contains up to 6% by weight of the polymer of copolymerisable polyfunctional acrylate or methacrylate monomer units.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
A process as claimed in claim 5 in which the liquid alkyl acrylate polymer contains 2% to 6% by weight of the polymer of copolymerisable polyfunctional acrylate or methacrylate monomer units.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process as claimed in claim 5 in which the copolymerisable polyfunctional acrylate or methacrylate is allyl acrylate or allyl methacrylate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the curable composition contains up to 10% by weight of the polymer of a polyfunctional acrylate or methacrylate crosslinking agent.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process as claimed in claim 8 in which the curable composition contains 5% to 10% by weight of the polymer of a polyfunctional acrylate or methacrylate cross linking agent.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the liquid alkyl acrylate polymer is a copolymer of butyl acrylate 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, acrylic and allyl methacrylate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the liquid alkyl acrylate polymer is prepared by polymerising the monomers in the presence of a solvent with a high chain transfer coefficient.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the curable composition is cured by passage under electron beam radiation at a dose level of 4 to 6 megarads.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
A process as claimed in claim 1 in which the adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
An industrial tape carrying a cured acrylate pressure sensitive adhesive made by the process of claim 1.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
A surgical dressing carrying a cured acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive made by the process of any claim 1.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
30 words
A surgical dressing as claimed in claim 15 in which the weight per unit area of the cured acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive layer is 20 to 100 g/m 2 .
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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