Drug eluting medical device
US11571498B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 30, 2020 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L2300/802
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to medical devices, and methods for producing and using the devices. In embodiments, the medical device may be a buttress including a porous substrate possessing a therapeutic layer of a chemotherapeutic agent and optional excipient(s) thereon. By varying the form of chemotherapeutic agents and excipients, the medical devices may be used to treat both the area to which the medical device is attached as well as tissue at a distance therefrom.
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