1. A polymeric material which comprises at least one peptidomimetic selected from the group consisting of:
(Gly-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550C-Xaa-Yaa)n\u2003\u2003(1A)
(Gly-Xaa-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550C-Yaa)n\u2003\u2003(1B)
(Gly-Xaa-Yaa-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550CH)n\u2003\u2003(1C)
(Gly-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550C-Xaa-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550C-Yaa)n\u2003\u2003(2A)
(Gly-Xaa-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550C-Yaa-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550CH)n\u2003\u2003(2B)
(Gly-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550C-Xaa-Yaa-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550CH)n\u2003\u2003(2C)
and
(Gly-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550C-Xaa-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550C-Yaa-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550CH)n\u2003\u2003(3)
wherein Xaa and Yaa may be the same or different and represent a natural amino acid, Hyp or Flp;
n means an integer.
2. The polymeric material of claim 1, wherein n is 10 or more.
3. The polymeric material of claim 1, wherein the peptidomimetic comprises:
(Gly-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550C-Xaa-Yaa)n\u2003\u2003(1A)
wherein Xaa is Pro and Yaa is Hyp.
4. The polymeric material of claim 1, comprising a block polymer as follows:
wherein a and b are integers between about 5 and 125, wherein a and b may be the same or different.
5. The polymeric material of claim 1, comprising a block copolymer of a peptidomimetic with a natural peptide.
6. The polymeric material of claim 1, comprising a monomer as follows:
7. The polymeric material of claim 1, the polymeric material mimicking collagen.
8. The polymeric material of claim 7, wherein the polymeric material is biocompatible and upon insertion into a region in a living patient where collagen at a previous time had been disposed, the inserted polymeric material provides at least one property of natural collagen.
9. A product comprising a polymeric material which is not naturally occurring, comprises alkene bonding and has a triple helix rope-like structure.
10. The product of claim 9, wherein the polymeric material comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of:
wherein n means an integer.
11. The product of claim 10, wherein n is 10 or more.
12. The product of claim 10, wherein the polymeric material has one or more selected from the group consisting of: greater stability than natural collagen, and greater collagenase-resistance than natural collagen; greater ability to fold than natural collagen.
13. The product of claim 10, implanted or injected into a living organism.
14. The product of claim 10, having biology purity suitable for use in a living human patient.
15. The product of claim 10, not capable of producing a problematic immunologic reaction when injected into living human patients.
16. A method of tissue replacement in a living organism, comprising: delivering into the living organism the product of claim 1.
17. A method of hip replacement, comprising: disposing in a living organism the product of claim 1.
18. A biocompatible adhesive formed by the product of claim 1.
19. A method of biomineralization, comprising delivering into a living organism the product of claim 1.
20. A method of drug delivery, comprising: disposing in a living organism the product of claim 1 wherein the product comprises a drug.
21. A method of synthesizing collagen-like peptides, comprising polymerization of a H-Gly-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550C-Pro-Hyp-OH monomer.
22. The synthesis method of claim 21, including polymerizing tripeptide units.
23. The synthesis method of claim 21, wherein a (Gly-Pro-Hyp)t polymer is synthesized wherein t is a number of repeating units of about 10 to 160.
24. The synthesis method of claim 21, wherein a polymer comprising (Gly-Pro-Hyp) repeating units and having molecular weight of about 40,000 is synthesized.
25. The polymeric material of claim 1, wherein the peptidomimetic comprises:
(Gly-\u03a8(E)CH\u2550C-Xaa-Yaa)n\u2003\u2003(1A)
wherein Xaa is Pro and Yaa is Pro.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of controlling a vehicle having an adaptive cruise control system capable of controlling a vehicle speed and obtaining a vehicle lateral acceleration, said method comprising the steps of:
measuring a lateral acceleration from a lateral acceleration sensor;
detecting a change in a vehicle lateral acceleration based on a change in the measured lateral acceleration;
determining when the vehicle is in a turn based on the detected change in the vehicle lateral acceleration; and
if a vehicle is in a turn, reducing the vehicle speed according to the determination that the vehicle is in the turn and the detected change in the vehicle lateral acceleration.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of determining includes steps of
measuring the vehicle speed;
measuring a vehicle yaw rate; and
measuring a rate of change in the vehicle yaw rate.
3. The method of claim 2 wherein said step of determining further includes a step of utilizing speed data corresponding to the vehicle speed, yaw rate data corresponding to the vehicle yaw rate, and yaw rate of change data corresponding to the race of change in the vehicle yaw rate.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising a step of determining the vehicle’s position within the turn.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein said step of reducing the vehicle speed includes a step of reducing the speed if the vehicle lateral acceleration exceeds a predetermined limit.
6. A method of controlling a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of:
operating the vehicle in an adaptive cruise control mode such that the vehicle is traveling at a vehicle speed;
measuring a lateral acceleration from a lateral acceleration sensor;
detecting a change in a vehicle lateral acceleration based on a change in the measured lateral acceleration;
determining the vehicle path based on the detected change in the vehicle lateral acceleration;
monitoring for objects;
detecting a location of an object;
determining whether the location of an object is within the vehicle path; and
when the vehicle is determined to be in the turn, reducing the vehicle speed according to the determination that the vehicle is in the turn and the location of the object.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein said step of determining whether the vehicle is in a turn includes steps of
measuring the vehicle speed;
measuring a vehicle yaw rate; and
measuring a change in the vehicle yaw rate.
8. The method of claim 6 further comprising a step of determining the vehicle’s position within the turn.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein said step of reducing the vehicle speed includes a step of reducing the vehicle speed if the vehicle lateral acceleration exceeds a predetermined limit.
10. The method of claim 6 wherein said step of detecting an object includes steps of:
measuring object range;
measuring object range rate, said object range rate corresponding to a rate that the distance between the vehicle and the object is changing;
measuring object angle; and
determining the radius of curvature of the vehicle’s path.
11. The method claim of 10 wherein said step of monitoring includes a step of determining whether the detected object is in the vehicle’s path.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein said step of monitoring includes a step of verifying that the object is in the vehicles path.