Sutures and surgical staples for anastamoses, wound closures, and surgical closures
US8016881B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 7, 2004 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31551
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to sutures and surgical staples useful in anastomoses. Various aspects of the invention include wound closure devices that use amphiphilic copolymer or parylene coatings to control the release rate of an agent, such as a drug or a biological material, polymerizing a solution containing monomers and the agent to form a coating, using multiple cycles of swelling a polymer with a solvent-agent solution to increase loading, microparticles carrying the agent, biodegradable surgical articles with amphiphilic copolymer coatings, and sutures or surgical staples the deliver a drug selected from the group consisting of triazolopyrimidine, paclitaxol, sirolimus, derivatives thereof, and analogs thereof to a wound site.
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