Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Drug-impregnated encasement
- Patent Title (中): 药物浸渍包装
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Application No.: US12089574Application Date: 2006-10-12
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Publication No.: US08900620B2Publication Date: 2014-12-02
- Inventor: Mark Thomas Fulmer , David A. Armbruster , Robert Frigg , Elliott A. Gruskin , Sean Hamilton Kerr
- Applicant: Mark Thomas Fulmer , David A. Armbruster , Robert Frigg , Elliott A. Gruskin , Sean Hamilton Kerr
- Applicant Address: US MA Raynham
- Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
- Current Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Raynham
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2006/040038 WO 20061012
- International Announcement: WO2007/047420 WO 20070426
- Main IPC: A61F13/00
- IPC: A61F13/00 ; A61F2/00 ; A61J3/00 ; A61B17/70 ; A61B17/72 ; A61B17/80 ; A61F2/06 ; A61M37/00 ; A61B17/68 ; A61F2/07

Abstract:
A drug-impregnated sleeve for encasing a medical implant is provided. In one embodiment, the sleeve may include a body made of a biologically-compatible material that defines an internal cavity configured to receive the medical implant. In one embodiment, the biologically-compatible material is bioresorbable. The body may include a plurality of apertures, such as perforations or holes, extending from the cavity through the body. The sleeve may further include a first end, a second end, and a drug impregnated into the resorbable sheet. In one possible embodiment, the first end of the sleeve may be open for receiving the medical implant therethrough and the second end may be closed. The implant may be encased in the sleeve and implanted into a patient from which the drug is dispensed in vivo over time to tissue surrounding the implantation site. In one embodiment, the body is made from at least one sheet of a biologically-compatible material, hi one embodiment, the sleeve may be made in least in part from caprolactone to add stretchability to the sleeve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080262630A1 Drug-Impregnated Encasement Public/Granted day:2008-10-23
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