Wound dressing membrane

Claim 3

The method of producing a dental bandage in the oral cavity of Claim 1 wherein said polymerizable organic compound has a reaction functionality of at least two, said setting is at least in part in response to engagement of a surface of said fluid polymerizable composition by actinic light and said setting forms an elastomeric oral cavity dental bandage.

Claim 4

The method of producing a dental bandage in the oral cavity of Claim 2 wherein said fluid actinic light polymerizable composition is shelf-stable as a one component composition when stored actinic light free, is applied from a syringe and is flowed to completely surround at least one tooth in direct contact with said tooth to provide said mechanical locking and is set completely surrounding said at least one tooth.

Claim 5

The method of producing a dental bandage in the oral cavity of Claim 2 wherein said fluid actinic light polymerizable composition is shelf-stable as one component composition when stored actinic light free is applied from a syringe and is flowed to a wedged position in an embrasure between two teeth in direct contact with said teeth to provide said mechanical locking and is set in wedged position in said embrasure between said two teeth.

Claim 6

The method of producing a dental bandage in the oral cavity of Claim 2 wherein said polymerizable organic compound is an oligomer that is a urethane acrylate and said actinic light initiator is activated within the visible light spectrum.

Claim 9

The method of producing a dental bandage in the oral cavity of Claim 1, wherein said polymerizable organic compound comprising a compound of the general formula: R 3 is H, alkyl, sub alkyl, aryl, sub aryl, F, CN R 3 may be the same or different in each position R 4 is a divalent hydrocarbon radical or divalent sub hydrocarbon radical and may be straight or branched chain or cyclic or a combination thereof; said method comprising (a) cleaning and drying said rigid dental structure; (b) thereafter flowing said fluid polymerizable composition directly against said rigid dental structure, (c) curing said fluid dental polymerizable composition while it is directly engaged with said rigid dental structure to mechanically lock it therewith.

Claim 10

The method of producing a dental bandage in the oral cavity of Claim 7 wherein said organic compound comprising a composition of the general formula: R 7 Alkylene, sub alkylene; x = 10 to 100.

Claim 11

The method of producing a dental bandage of Claim 8 wherein said fluid actinic light curable composition includes said polymerizable organic compound in an amount of about 5 to 95% by weight of the total weight of said fluid actinic light curable composition; said actinic light initiator in an amount of about 0.001 to about 10% by weight of said polymerizable organic compound; and filler in an amount of about 5 to 95% by weight of the total weight of said fluid actinic light curable composition.

Claim 12

The method of producing a dental bandage in the oral cavity of Claim 1 wherein said fluid actinic light polymerizable composition comprising therapeutic agent.

Claim 15

The method of Claim 11, wherein said fluid polymerizable composition comprising solid leachable material chosen from the group consisting of microcapsules, prepolymerized polymer microparticles including therapeutic agent and mixtures thereof having a particle size of less than about 250 microns chosen from the group consisting of water soluble and water disperable prepolymerized polymers and mixtures thereof.

Claim 16

The method of Claim 11, wherein said therapeutic agent is concentrated within a separate phase and said therapeutic agent is distributed homogeneously throughout said inter-oral drug delivery device in said separate phase.

Claim 17

The method of Claim 11, wherein said polymerizable organic compound comprising a compound of the general formula: R 3 is H, alkyl, sub alkyl, aryl, sub aryl, F, CN R 3 may be the same or different in each position R 4 is a divalent hydrocarbon radical or divalent sub hydrocarbon radical and may be straight or branched chain or cyclic or a combination thereof; wherein in said method said modeling includes forming said fluid polymerizable composition in sufficient justaposition to rigid dental structure to provide a mechanical locking with said rigid dental structure upon the polymerizing of said fluid polymerizable composition, and said polymerizing in situe bringing about a locking with said rigid dental structure, and said method comprising cleaning and drying said rigid dental structure before positioning said fluid polymerizable composition.

Claim 18

A method of Claim 14 wherein said fluid polymerizable includes said polymerizable organic compound in an amount of about 5 to 95% by weight of the total weight of said fluid actinic light curable composition; said actinic light initiator in an amount of about 0.001 to about 10% by weight of said polymerizable organic compound; and filler in an amount of about 5 to 95% by weight of the total weight of said fluid actinic light curable composition.

Claim 19

The method of Claim 1 wherein said therapeutic substance is homogeneously mixed throughout said fluid polymerizable composition and after said setting is leachable in said oral cavity for a period of at least one week.

Claim 20

A new medical material for application to mamalian tissue and curing in contact therewith, said medical material comprising a composition of the general formula: R 3 is H, alkyl, sub alkyl, aryl, sub aryl, F, CN R 3 may be the same or different in each position R 4 is a divalent hydrocarbon radical or divalent sub hydrocarbon radical and may be straight or branched chain or cyclic or a combination thereof.

Claim 21

A new medical material for application to mamalian tissue and curing in contact therewith, said medical material comprising a composition of the general formula: R 3 is H, alkyl, sub alkyl, aryl, sub aryl, F, CN R 3 may be the same or different in each position R 4 is a divalent hydrocarbon radical or divalent sub hydrocarbon radical and may be straight or branched chain or cyclic or a combination thereof.

Claim 22

The new medical material of Claim 17 wherein said new medical material is fluid actinic light curable composition and comprising said compound of said general formula in an amount of about 5 to 95% by weight of the total weight of said fluid actinic light curable composition; actinic light initiator in an amount of about 0.001 to about 10% by weight of said compound of said general formula; and filler in an amount of about 5 to 95% by weight of the total weight of said fluid actinic light curable composition.

Claim 23

The new medical material of Claim 18 wherein said fluid actinic light polymerizable composition comprising therapeutic agent.

Claim 24

The new medical material of Claim 19 wherein said composition of the general formula is a compound comprising the general formula: R 7 = Alkylene, sub alkylene; x 20.