Adjunctive polymer system for use with medical device

US5717030A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Atrix Laboratories, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Richard L. Dunn · Fort Collins, US
• Gerald L. Yewey · St. Augustine, US
• Jeffrey L. Southard · Olathe, US
• John E. Urheim · Lincolnshire, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 6, 1996
• Grant date: Feb 10, 1998
• Expiry date: Dec 6, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S602/904
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A medical device which is a surgically implantable device coated with an adjunctive polymer system. The adjunctive polymer system forms a solid matrix when introduced into a human or animal body. The adjunctive polymer system can contain a drug or a medicament which is released over time from the solid matrix. The adjunctive polymer system contacts body tissue into which the surgically implantable device is implanted.