Medical uses of in situ formed gels
US5958443A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 23, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S623/905
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Balanced pH, hyperosmotic, hypoosmotic, or isoosmotic gels are ideal vehicles for drug delivery. They are especially suited for topical body cavity or injection application of drugs or diagnostic agents; for drug or diagnostic agent delivery to the eye of a mammal; as protective corneal shields; or as ablatable corneal masks useful in laser reprofiling of the cornea. The compositions without the addition of a drug or diagnostic agent are useful as medical devices, for instance, in separating surgically or otherwise injured tissue as a means of preventing adhesions.
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