NL1043452B1 - Enhanced biodegradable nitrile rubber glove - Google Patents
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Abstract
An enhanced biodegradable multilayer nitril rubber glove is disclosed, wherein the glove inner layer comprises a larger amount, more preferably a significant larger amount, of a biodegradable agent than an amount of a biodegradable agent present in the glove outer layer. After glove use such as in a hospita!, disposal of the disclosed biodegradable glove is in particular intended, after shredding, for a fast thermophilic anaerobic digestion process.
Description
Title : Enhanced biodegradable nitrile rubber glove Technical field and background: The present disclosure relates to enhanced biodegradable gloves and methods for the manufacture thereof. in the recent years, users more and more demand disposable products, such as hospital gloves, to be in a certain extent hiodegradable, in order to reduce the problems the dlisposaiis waste creates for the environment. Bicdegradabie gloves are known in the prior art, such as disclosed in US2014/0065311, the contents of which disclosure are for ease of reading fully incorporated here within.
The definitions and all technical and scientific terms in the following description are identical as to those defined In US2014/0065311 {D1 = for example known as Showa Best Gloves with Eco Best Technology), this applies Wo terms such as for example “biodegradable”, "ranges", “polymer”, “glove former” etn. ett. However, to a certain extent, the in US2014/006531 (D1) disclosed gioves are intended for dumping on ordinary landfills, and do not match the requirements as nowadays posed by European end-users such as hospitals, since most hospital waste is not ending in a landfill but finally fad into waste incingrators. As the cost for waste incineration is growing fast, up to and above 2000 Euro per ton of waste, a need has arisen for enhanced biodegradable hospital products, in particular for enhanced biodegradable gloves, Recently, in some hospitals the waste including solids and liquids is centrally collected and shredded ina so called Pharmafilter shredder, the liquids/solids ars than separated, followed by a water treatment for the liquids and for the solids followed by an anaerobic high temperature treatment (at around 60 degrees Celcius } for a few months, after which the solids, significantly reduced in mass, are incinerated.
Another disposable glove design is disclosed in US20190/0257657 {02 = SmartHealth), wherein polylactic acid biodegradable gloves are the subject of disclosure. This document, in disclosing only PLA based gloves, is clearly leading away from the use of nitril rubber as a base material for the gloves, However i might be of same interest for the skilled person because of the disclosed multi layered approach {see fig. 3 in USZOLID/0257657, and fig, 7 for the production method}, and because of the notion that document 1 in paragraph 29 that each layer of the polylactic acid (PLA) glove is being designed to comply with specific requirements for a given end-use application. Yet another biodegradable multi layer based glove is disclosed in US2013/0067635 (D3 = inteplast Group}, for ethylene based gloves only. Again this disclosure is leading away from the commonly known nitril {butyl} rubber based gloves, but this publication is still of interest for the shown multi layer approach in general. The PLA {as in D2 = US2010/0257657} and ethylene {as in D3 = US2013/0067635) based gloves are deerned inferior to nitril rubber gloves, In particular in medical environments. For those reasons a skilled parson is unlikely to consider the contents of these publications when trying to further improve the biodegradability of nitril rubber based gioves.
The term nitrile rubber in this application also includes so called soft nitrile rubber formulations, such as disclosed in EPO925329 {D4 = North Safety Products), wherein it is explained in more detail how crosslinking increases the strength and elasticity of the rubber.
Carhoxylated nitrile rubbers can be chemically crosslinked in at least Iwo ways: the butadiene subunits can be covalently crosslinked with sulfur /accelerator systems; and the carboxylated (organic acid) sites can be ionicaliy crosslinked with metal oxides or salts. Sulfur crosslinks often result in large improvements in oil and chemical resistance. lonic crosslinks, resulting from, for example, the addition of zinc oxide to the rubber, result in a rubber having high tensile strength, puncture resistance, and abrasion resistance, as well as high elastic modulus (a measure of the force required to stretch a film of the rubber), but poor off and chemical resistance, Many currently available rubber formulations generally employ a combination of the two curing mechanisms, For example, in combination with sulfur and accelerators, carboxylated nitrile rubber manufacturers frequently recommend addition of 1-10 parts of zinc oxide per 100 parts of rubber {as is also disclosed in par. 129 and 130 in US2014/0065311 {= D1).
When zinc oxide is not employed, the curing time required to reach an optimum state of cure can be much longer and the curing may be less efficient, This means that the crossfinks are longer (more sulfur atoms per crosstink} and there may be a higher amount of sulfur that does not crosslink polymer chains. The result can be a less-effectively cured rubber that has lowered heat resistance and less chemical resistance, 2
However, ionic crosslinking often increases the stiffness of an article raads from the rubber. Thisis a disadvantage for applications in which a softer rubber is needed, For example, surgical gloves made of soft rubbers can provide greater tactile sensitivity for the wearer, which is desirable to improve the surgeon's “feel” during operations and to prevent fatigue of the hands, Amore comfortable nitrite glove that is easier to stretch, Le. has lower elastic modulus, can be made using a polymer which contains less acrylonitrile or by crosslinking the polymer to a lesser degree, These changes, however, often compromise strength, chemical resistance, or both, resulting in articles that are unsuitable for many applications. Accordingly, a soft rubber having strength and chemical resistance similar to stiffer rubbers is highly desirable.
US-A-2,868,754 discloses the formation and use of carboxyl-containing elastomers. The problems associated within the use of zinc oxide curing agents are overcome in this document by using alkali metal aluminates. Another method includes the steps of combining a nitrile latex base with a stabilizing agent, such as ammonium caseinate, and adjusting the pH of the nitrile latex to about 85 - 10.0 to vield a basic nitrile rubber, The basic nitrile rubber is contacted with a substantially metallic-oxide-fres sulphur crosslinking agent and with at least one accelerator, to form a nitrile rubber composition. That composition is substantially free of metallic oxide, Another known biodegradable nitril rubber glove is known under the brand name Powerform 56 Ecotek. Those gloves use a single layered glove design made of nitril rubber mixed with a naturally occurring microorganism, which makes them suitable for industrial applications, One the latest relevant disclosures on biodegradable elastomeric compositions, including nitril rubber, is given in WO2013/074354. The therzin stated disclosure for slastomers in general does form some relevant prior art but also indicates the rather large step the present inventors had to take inorder to arrive at the nitril rubber gloves forming the subject matter as disclosed in the present claims.
The objective of this invention is to prepare nitril rubber based gloves, such as for example disclosed in US2014/0065311 {= DI}, In particular also including the soft nitril rubber gloves such as those disclosed in EPQ925322 {= D4), with a strongly enhanced biodegradable functionality, complying to all up to date generally known norms and standards, such as the norms and standards listed in U52014/0065311, for hospital or medical examination gloves such as for strength and chemical resistance, but as well as for the {atest biodegradation norms and standards.
3 itis to be understood, that the foregoing general and following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are in no way not restrictive to the invention, as defined in the claims. Description: After own extensive testing of the biodegradable gloves produced following the U52014/0065311 disclosure, it appeared most functionalities could be met within norms and standards, however in particular not for the aspect that these gloves shall degrade much faster as is required by modem hospital use. A normal solution would be, to add a bit more biodegrading agent, however was shown only possible to a very limited extent for strength and other required functional requirements.
While on a normal landfill the outside of the glove remains outside forever, the difference with the recent practice in especially designed hospital waste treatment systems {based on for example £P2859952 and EP3015750 Pharmafilter BV} can be used to a common advantage to create an improved biodegradability of the nitril rubber glove. This insight is key to the present invention. Because in modern hospital waste disposal systems a shredder will shred the complete glove in pieces, with these pieces sized in the cm range {so pieces with dimensions of around 0.5 to 5 cm large), an inside and outside of the glove will not exist anymore once anaerobic digestion (storage) at around 60 degrees Celsius begins to activate the biodegradable agent and the NBR nitril rubber starts to degrade, under emission of gasses sucked away {which might be used as biogas for heating purposes).
By adding relatively much more biodegrading agent into a glove inner layer, where initially it does not have too much a detrimental effects on the glove functional requirements, and keeping the outer layer filled with less biodegrading agent as an additive, overall glove biodegradation is significantly enhanced under modern hospital waste treatment condition, while keeping a fully functional nitril rubber glove, displaying an uncompromised quality performance when in use, Against common wisdom, this invention adds much more biodegradable agent to the nitril rubber polymer as is conventionally known and disclosed, such as in US2014/0065311 {= D1, Showa}, wherein 2 % of a biodegradable agent as additive is clearly regarded as upper limit. Example: A nitril rubber glove has been prepared, wherein first an inner nitrij rubber layer comprising 5 % {by weight) of a biodegradable agent {in this case: ECM Biofilms Masterbatch pellets, comprising Low 4
Density Polyethylene pellets with additive ingredients of Organoleptic-Organic chemical names / cultured colloids, Harmonized system based Schedule B code ECM6.0404 is 3901,10.5020)} is first produced around a glove former, followed by a second outer layer on the glove former applying a nitril rubber comprising only 2 % {by dry parts) of the same biodegradable agent composition.
The effect on the biodegradation, as per ASTM D5511 "Standard test method for determining anaerobic biodegradation of plastic materials under high-solids anaerobic digestion conditions”, of an, asin example 1, produced glove has been tested in a real life hospital environment, using a "Pharmafilter BV." shredding first, followed by a 6 week anaerobic digester storage at 60 degrees Celsius. The effects were surprisingly convincing, as was furthermore proven by a more than 100 % larger CO2 production in the resulting off-gassing. Biodegradabhility in the ASTM D5511 test came at least 40 % higher as compared to the percentage biodegradation of the corresponding reference material {using for example gloves known in the market place as Showa Best Gloves with Eco Best Technology, apparently based on US2014/0055311 technology}. But what was even more important was the strongly improved digester biodegradation at temperatures of 60 degrees Celsius, after 60 days {compared to the Showa Best Gloves} an improval rate of over 100 % in biodegradation effect was measured. Wherein after 60 days in the digester {after shredding) the Showa Best gloves with Eco Best Technology showed a biodegradation in the range of 4 to 5 %, the gloves according to the invention were at least 9 to 10 % biodegraded, with potentially a much further degradation after 300 or 900 days in the range of 30 up to 90 % overall biodegradation. Other components such as a swelling agents, or other chemo attractant agents, can/may be added in small amounts for enhancing the biodegradation effects, but were regarded not yet necessary for this comparative example, Other chemistries, such as alkali stabilizers, as indicated in U52014/0065311, as included in its entirety for reference again, can be included in minor quantities in any of the glove layers for the usual and obvious functional reasons {this also includes, if required, curing agents). Any of the biodegradable components mentioned in US2014/006531 can be mixed into another blend of a suitable biodegradable agent, and mixed into one the glove layers as per claim 1 and dependent claims. From document US2014/0065311, for being clear about what is regarded a biodegradable agent as defined in this application, a non-exhaustive listing of possible biodegradable agents is hereby listed, suitable to be used as components in order to enhance the degradation of the nitril rubber glove after 5 use: Biodegradation is generally considered as consisting of either enzyms-catalyzed hydrolysis, non-enzymatic hydrolysis, metabolic action, or both. The enzymes may be either endoenzymes which cleave the internal chain linkages within the chain or exoenzymes which cleave terminal monomer units sequentially.
Biodegradation is a functional decay of material, e.g. loss of strength, substance, transparency, or good dielectric properties where it is known to be identifiable with exposure of the material to a living environment, which may itself be very complex, and the property loss may be attributable to physical or chemical actions as first steps in an elaborate chain of processes.
A biodegradable polymer ís a high molecular weight polymer that, owing to the action of micro- and/or macroorganisms or enzymes, degrades to lower molecular weight compounds. Natural polymers are by definition those which are biosynthesized by various routes in the biosphere. Proteins, polysaccharides, nucleic acids, liplds, natural rubber, and lignin, among others, are all biodegradable polymers, but the rate of this biodegradation may vary fram hours to years depending on the nature of the functional group and degree of complexity. Biopolymers are organized in different ways at different scales. This hierarchical architecture of natural polymers allows the use of relatively few starting molecules (i.e, monomers), which are varied In sequences and conformations at molecular, nano-, mitro-, and macroscate, forming truly environmentally adaptable polymers, On the other hand, the repetitive units of synthetic polymers are hydrolyzable, oxidizable, thermally degradable, or degradable by other means, Nature also uses these degradation modes, eg, oxidation or 28 hydrolysis, so in that sense there is no distinction between natural or synthetic polymers, The catalysts promoting the degradations in nature {vatabolisms} are the enzymes, which are grouped in six different classes according to the reaction catalyzed. These classes include oxidoreductase for catalyzing redox reactions, transferase for catalyzing transfer of functional group reactions, hydrolase for catalyzing hydrolysis, tyase for catalyzing addition to double bond reactions, isomerase for catalyzing isomerization and ligase for catalyzing formation of new bonds using ATP. Biodegradation of oxidizable polymers is generally slower than biodegradation of hydrolyzable ones. Even polyethylene, which is rather inert to direct biodegradation, has been shown to biodegrade after initial photo-oxidation, An oxidized polymer is more brittle and hydrophilic than a non-oxidized polymer, which also usually results in a material with increased biodegradability. 6
For example, by combining a nickel dithiocarbamate {photo antioxidant) with an iron dithiocarbamate {photo proxidant), a wide range of embrittlement times may be obtained.
The gloves disclased herein provides for increased susceptibility to biodegradation of nttril rubber by means of additives including a biopolymer.
In this way a nitrif rubber polymer blend is obtained that is more susceptible to biodegradation.
A filler might be added to a composition to be added! to a polymer thereby increasing the biodegradability.
For relevant fillers, reference is also made to claims 8, 9 and 10 as stated in WOR018/074354, Starch is of course one of the mare popular fillers {as in Starch-grafi-acrylenitrile ANS), however also collagen is a known filler in combination with nitril rubber, as well as is keratine, Microbial or enzymatic attack of pure aromatic polyester is increased by exposure to certain microbes, for example Trichosporum, athrobacteria and Asperyillus negs.
Aliphatic polyester degradation is seen as a two-step process: the first is depolymerization, or surface erosion.
The second is enzymatic hydrolysis which produnes water-insoluble intermediates that can be assimilated by microbial calls.
Polyurethane degradation may occur bry fungal degradation, bacterial degradation and degradation by polyurethane enzymes. in one aspect, the biodegradation agent can be a polymst, such as a biodegradable polymer.
The polymers can be homo- or co-polymers.
In one aspect, the polymer is a homopolymer.
In another aspect, the polymer is a co-polymer, Co-polymers include AB and ABA type co-polymers, in one aspect, the polymer comprises polylactic acid, polyllactic-co-glyeolic acid}, polypolypropylene carbonate, polycaprolactone, polyhydroxyalkancate, chitosan, gluten, and one or more aliphatic/aromatic polyesters such as polybutylene succinate, polybutylene succinate-adipate, polybutylene succinate-sebacate, or polybutylene terephthalata-coadipate, or a mixture thereof.
In one aspect the polymer is polybutylene succinate.
In one aspect, the polybutylene succinate can have a number average molecular mass (Mn) from 1,000 g/mole to 100,000 g/mole.
The biodegradation agent may conyrise a carboxylic acid compound.
The biodegradation agent may comprise a chemo attractant compound; a glutaric acid or its derivative; a carboxylic acid compound with chain length from 5-18 carbons; a polymer; and a swelling agent. 7
The biodegradation agent may further comprise a microbe capable of digesting the acrylonitrije butadiene based {nitril} rubber.
The polymer that may be comprised in the biodegradation agent can be selected from the group consisting of: polydiviny! benzene, ethylens vinyl acetate copolymers, polyethylene, polypropylene, S polystyrene, polvterephthalate, polyesters, pulyviny! chloride, methacrylate, nylon §, polycarbonate, polyamide, polychloroprene, acrylonitrile butadiene based rubber, and any copolymers of said polymers, or a combination thereof.
The biodegradation agent may further comprise a compatibilizing additive. The biodegradation agent may further comprise a carrier resin, Suitable carrier resins include, but are not limited to, polydivingt benzene, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers, malelc anhydride, and acrylic acid with polyolefins, or a combination thereof. The biodegradation agent may further comprise a chemotaxis agent to attract microbes. Suitable chemotaxis agents comprise, but are not limited to, a sugar or a furanone. i can be selected from 3,5 dimnethylyentenyl dibydro 23H uranone isomer mixtures, emoxyfurane and N-acylthomoserine lactones. The chemotaxis agent may comprise coumarin and/or coumarin derivatives. without being bound by theory, it is believed that the bindegradation agent enhances the biodegradability of otherwise non-hiodegradabls plastic products through a series of chemical and hiplogical processes when disposed of in a microbe-rich environment, such as a biologically active fandfill or a digester tank held at elevated temperatures in between 50 to 70 deg C, The biodegradation agent causes the plastic to be an attractive food source to certain soil microbes, encouraging the plastic to be consumed more quickly than plastics without the biodegradation agent. The biodegradation agent requires the action of certain enzymes for the bindegradation process to begin, so plastics containing the biodegradation agent will not start to biodegrade during the intended use of the materials and gloves described herein, For example, the microbes can secrete enzymes that break down the polymers into components that are easily consumed by microbes, Typically, when an organic material biodegrades in an anaerobic environment, the by-products are: humus, methane and carbon dioxide, itis believed that when plastics containing the biodegradation agent are hiodegraded to the same by-products as an organic material, 8
Biodegradation processes can affect polymers in a number of ways. Microbial processes that can affect polymers include mechanical damage caused by growing cells, direct enzymatic effects leading to breakdown of the polymer structure, and secondary biochemical effects caused hy excretion of substances other than enzymes that may directly affect the polymer or change environmental conditions, such as pH or redox conditions. Although microorganisms such as bacteria generally are very specific with respect to the substrate utilized for growth, many are capable of adapting to other substrates over time, Microorganisms produce enzymes that catalyze reactions by combining with a specific substrate or combination of substrates. The conformation of these enzymes determines their catalytic reactivity towards polymers. Conformational changes in these enzymes may be induced by the changes in pH, temperature, and other chemical additives.
Microbes that may assist in biodegradation are psychrophiles, mesophiles, thermophiles, actinamycetes, saprophytes, absidia, acremonium, alternaria, amerospore, arthrinium, ascospore, aspergilius, aspergillus caesiellus, aspergillus candidus, aspergillos carneus, aspergillus clavatus, aspergillus deflectus, aspergillus flavus, aspergillus fumigatus, aspergilius glaucus, aspergillus nidulans, aspergillus ochraceus, aspergillus oryzae, aspergitius parasiticus, aspergilius peniciiloides, aspergillus restrictus, aspergijlus sydowi, aspergillus terreus, aspergillus ustus, aspergillus versicolor, aspergifus/penicillium-fike, aureobasidium, basidiomycetes, basidiospore, bipolaris, blastomyces, B. borstelensis, botrytis, candida, cephalosporium, chaetomium, cladosporium, cladosporium fulvum, cladosporium herbarum, cladosporium macrocarpum, cladosporium sphaerospermum, conidia, conidium, conidobolus, Cryptococcus neoformans, cryptostroma corticale, cunninghamella, curvularia, dreschiera, epicoccum, epidermophyton, fungus, fusarium, fusarium solani, geotrichum, gliocladium, helicomyces, helminthosporium, histoplasma, humicula, hyaline mycelia, memnoniella, microsporum, mold, monilia, mucor, mycelium, myxomycetes, nigrospora, oidium, paecilomyces, papulospora, penicillium, periconia, perithecium, peronospora, phasohyphomycosis, phoma, pithomyces, rhizomucor, rhizopus, rhodococeus, rhodotorula, rusts, saccharomyces, scopulariopsis, sepedonium, serpula lacrymans, smuts, spegazzinia, spore, spofoschisma, sporothrix, sporotrichum, stachybotrys, stemphyiium, syncephalastrum, Thermanonaspore fusca DSM43793, torula, trichocladium, trichoderma, trichophyton, trichothecium, tritirachium, ulocladium, verticillium, wallemia and yeast, One or several furanone compounds combined can act as chemo attractants for bacteria and or as odorants for the decomposing or degrading polymer. Some furanones, particularly certain halogenated furanones are quorum sensing inhibitors. Quorum sensing inhibitors are typically low-molecular-mass g molecules that cause significant reduction in quorum sensing microbes. In other words, halogenated furanones kif certain microbes. Halogenated furanones prevent bacterial colonization in bacteria such as V, fischeri, Vibrio harveyi, Serratia ficaria and other bacteria, However, the natural furanones are ineffective against P. asruginosa, but synthetic furanones can be effective against P, aeruginosa, Some furanones, including but not limited to those listed below, can be chemo attractant agents for bacteria. Suitable furanones include but are not limited to: 3,5 dimethylyentenyt dibydro 2(3HYfuranone isomer mixtures, emoxyfurane and N-acylthomoserine lactones, or a combination thereof.
Bacteria that have shown to attract to the furanone compounds listed above include, but are not limited to C. violaceum.
Other chemo attractant agents include sugars that are not metabolized by the bacteria. Examples of these chemo attractant agents may Include but are not limited To: galactose, galactonate, glucose, succinate, malate, aspartate, serine, fumarate, ribose, pyruvate, oxalacetats and other L-sugar structures and D-suger structures but not limited thereto. Examples of bacteria attracted to these sugars include, but are not limited to Escherichia coli, and Salmonelia, In a preferred embodiment the sugar fs a non-estererfied starch.
The biodegradation agents are combined with an acrylonitrile butadiene based rubber. When combined inn small quantities with any of acrylonitrile butadiene based rubber, the resulting gloves become biodegradable while maintaining their desired characteristics. The resulting materials and products Île, gloves} made therefrom exhibit the same desired mechanical properties, and have effectively similar shelf-lves as products without the additive, and yet, when disposed of, are able to at least partially metabolize into inert biomass by the communities of anaerobic and aerobic microorganisms commonly found almost everywhere on Earth, This hindegradation process can take place aerubicaliy or anerobicaliy. It can take place with or without the presence of light, Traditional polymers and products therefrom are now able to biodegrade in land fill and compost environments within a reasonable amount of time as defined by the EPA to be 30 to 50 years On average, The biodegradation agents increase, when atlded, the biodegradation rate of the disclosed gloves, The gloves can be degraded into an inert humus-like form that is harmless to the environment, An example of attracting microorganisms through chemotaxis is to use a positive chemotaxis, such as a scented 10 polyethylene terephthalate pellet, starch D-sugars not metabolized by the microbes or furanone that attracts microbes or any combination thereof. The biodegradation process might begin with one or mare proprietary swelling agents that, when combined with heat and moisture, expands the plastics’ molecular structure, After the one of more swelling agents create space within the plastic's molecular structure, the combination of bio-active compounds discovered after significant laboratory trials attracts a colony of microorganisms that break down the chemical bonds and metabolize the plastic through natural microbial processes. The biodegradation agent might comprise a furanone compound, a glutaric acid, a hexadecanoic acid compound, a polycaprolactone polymer, a carrier resin to assist with placing the additive material into the polymeric material in an even fashion to assure proper biodegradation. The biodegradation agent can also comprise organoleptic organic chemicals as swelling agents Le. natural fibers, cultured colloids, cyclo-dextrin, polylactic acid, etc.
The carrier resin may be selected from, but is not limited to the group of: ethylene vinyl acetate, poly vinyl acetate, maleic anhydride, and acrylic acid with polyolefins. The biodegradation agent may further comprise dipropylene glycol.
The biodegradation agent may be incorporated in the polymers described herein by, for example, granulation, powdering, making an emulsion, suspension, or other medium of similar even consistency. The biodegradation agent may be blended into the polymeric material just before sending the nitril rubber material to the forming machinery for making the gloves.
Any carrier resin may be used {such as poly-vinyl acetate, ethyl vinyl acetate, etc.) where poly olefins or any plastic material that these carrier resins ate compatible with can be combined chemically and allow for the dispersion of the additive.
The biodegradation agent may comprise one or more antioxidants that are used to control the biodegradation rate. Antioxidants can be enzymatically coupled to biodegradable monomers such that the resulting biodegradable polymer retains antioxidant function. Antioxidant-couple biodegradable polymars can be produced to result in the antioxidant coupled polymer degrading at a rate consistent with an effective administration rate of the antioxidant. Antioxidants are chosen based upon the specific application, and the biodegradable monomers may be either synthetic or natural.
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An exemplary biodegradation agent may comprise the organic lipid based SR5300 product available from ENSO Plastics of Mesa, Ariz.
Those skilled in the art will recognize, or be able to ascertain using no more than routine experimentation, numerous equivalents to the specific gloves described herein, Such equivalents are considered to be within the scope of this invention and are covered by the following claims, iz
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