Anaesthetic bone cement
US6355705B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S623/924
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A polymethacrylate or other bone cement composition having analgesic properties is described. Bone cements containing up to 5% by weight of a local anaesthetic agent, such as lidocaine, have been demonstrated to elute sufficient lidocaine to provide an analgesic effect in vivo.
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