Alza Corporation

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Harold M Leeper

Patrick S Wong

Jimmy B Langston

Takeru Higuchi

Alan S Michaels

Richard G Buckles

Su Il Yum

John R Peery

George V Guittard

Diane E Nedberge

Lina T Taskovich

Nikki Baumrind

Elastomeric bladders having improved resistance to spontaneous rupture when inflated are made by vulcanizing a homogeneous mixture of synthetic polyisoprene having 90% to 98% cis-1,4 linkages, 3 to 10 phr fumed silicon dioxide, and vulcanizing agent while simultaneously forming the mixture into hollow cylindrical bodies. After being formed the bodies are solvent extracted to remove unreacted vulcanizing agent and the degradation products of the vulcanizing agent. Following the solvent extraction about 0.2 to 2 phr of a nontoxic, nonleachable antioxidant are imbibed into the bodies by contacting the bodies with a liquid solution of the antioxidant.

Elastomeric bladders for medical infusers

A patient-care system is disclosed comprising a container housing a device that delivers an agent for controlling the presence of pathogens. Also, the device and a method are disclosed using the device for preventing pathogenic infections.

Urine container with biocidal activity

A method for enhancing the transdermal flux of a transdermally deliverable drug through intact skin is described in which the drug is delivered simultaneously with polyethylene glycol monolaurate. Preferred embodiments of transdermal therapeutic systems for delivering drug and polyethylene glycol monolaurate employ matrix containing drug at a concentration above saturation.

Skin permeation enhancer compositions

Method for preventing contamination of catheter and drainage receptacle

Container housing biocidal dispensing device

Device containing biocide producing paraformalde and an acid

A method for preventing an infection in a patient introduced through a indwelling catheter, the method comprising, connecting the patient to the catheter, connecting the catheter to a fluid receiving container, admitting into the container a biocidal dispensing device, and releasing a biocide into fluid in the container for inhibiting the growth of infectious bacteria in the container and concomitantly their introduction into the catheter and the patient.

Method for delivering an agent with biocidal activity in a body fluid

A transdermal therapeutic system is formed from a body member surrounding means at least a portion of which is an active agent loaded elastomer which is in a stretched condition during use. The tension created by the stretching of the elastomer is preferably from 20 to 35 psi and maintains the agent transferring contact between the skin and the transdermal therapeutic system. The transdermal therapeutic system may be in the form of a glove, sock, sleeve, cuff or band, for example.

Elastomeric active agent delivery system and method of use

Elastomeric bladder assemblies designed for operation at constant pressure to maintain a constant dispensing rate for the contents exhibit a pressure spike shortly before the end of the duty cycle. This pressure spike may be prevented by including within the lumen of the bladder a bolus forming means which prevents the bladder from collapsing to a cylindrical configuration.

Elastomeric bladder assembly

A patient-care apparatus housing a device for controlling the presence of pathogens is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a container with an inlet port and a device in the apparatus for controlling the presence of pathogens.

Patient-care apparatus with device for dispensing anti-pathogenic agent

Patient-care apparatus with chemoprophylactic system

An improvement in liquid dispensers, especially those used to infuse liquid drugs into patients, that dispense liquid under pressure from an expansible, elastomer bladder is disclosed. The improvement is that the bladder is made from synthetic vulcanized polyisoprene, especially polyisoprene that has 90% to 98% cis linkages and has been vulcanized with an organic peroxide, such as dicumyl peroxide, at a concentration of 5.5.times.10.sup.-3 to 7.5.times.10.sup.-3 moles of peroxide per 100 grams of polyisoprene.

Bladder for liquid dispenser

Patient-care apparatus housing device for controlling presence of

A device for dispensing a microcide which consists of a first polymeric material housing a second polymeric material which second material depolymerizes when the device is in the environment of use to form an active microcide. The microcide controls the presence of micro-organisms in the environment over a prolonged period of time.

Device for dispensing microcide formed when device is in environment of

An osmotically driven fluid dispenser for use in an aqueous environment comprising: a shape retaining canister having controlled permeability to water; an osmotically effective solute confined in the canister which, in solution, exhibits an osmotic pressure gradient against the water in the environment; an outlet in the canister wall; and a flexible bag of relatively impervious material that holds the fluid to be dispensed and is housed in the canister with its open end in sealed contact with the canister such that the canister outlet communicates with the bag interior and the bag interior is closed to the solute and aqueous solution thereof with the remainder of the bag spaced from and generally unsupported by the canister wall.

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Harold M Leeper