Patent · US Expired

Biocompatible microcapsules

US5380536A · kind A · utility

355Cited by
7References
21Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 5, 1991
Grant dateJan 10, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 5, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K47/6925
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Biocompatible microcapsules useful for transplanting foreign material into an animal body, and the method of their production, are described, wherein the microcapsules contain an outermost layer of water soluble non-ionic polymers such as PEO to create resistance to cell adhesion on the surface of the microcapsules.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.