Mesoporous implants for administering substances and methods of producing implants
US8361491B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61P43/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A porous silicon implant impregnated with a beneficial substance, such as a micromineral required for healthy physiology, is implanted subcutaneously and is entirely corroded away over the following months/year to release the micromineral in a controlled manner. In a second embodiment the implant may have a large number of holes which contain beneficial substance and which are closed by bio-errordable doors of different thickness so as to stagger the release of the beneficial substance over time as the doors are breached.
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