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High-glass transition temperature absorbable microspheres

US9216142B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

Dennis D. Jamiolkowski · Long Valley, US
Modesto Erneta · Princeton Junction, US
Robert DiLuccio · Wilmington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 24, 2013
Grant date	Dec 22, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 24, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/2982
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Absorbable microspheres comprising a copolymer formed from greater than 80 to about 99 mole percent D,L-lactideg, L(−)-lactide, D(+)-lactide, or meso-lactide and combinations thereof, and about 1 to less than 20 mole percent of a different second monomer selected from the group consisting of p-dioxanone and trimethylene carbonate and combinations thereof, said microspheres having a particle size ranging from about 5 to 2000 microns. Also described herein are formulations comprising such absorbable microspheres.

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