Heraeus Kulzer Gmbh & Co. Kg

Heraeus Medical Gmbh

Heraeus Kulzer Gmbh

At&s Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft

Technische Universitat Graz

Medizinische Universitat Graz

Medical University of Graz Mug

Herabus Medical Gmbh

Heraeus Kulzer Gmhh

Herseus Kulzer Gmbh

Klaus-Dieter Kühn

Sebastian Vogt

Matthias Schnabelrauch

Peter J Uggowitzer

Hubert Büchner

Franz Stelzer

Clemens Ebner

Jörg Löffler

Annelie-Martina Weinberg

Annelie Weinberg

Frank Wiesbrock

Peter Uggowitzer

The invention proposes an antiseptic composition for use as bone cement, in particular an antiseptic polymethylmethacrylate bone cement, that can be cured and comprises a content of at least one component that is a compound with an oxidizing effect or from which a compound with an oxidizing effect can be released. Preferably, hydrogen peroxide is or can be released. In this context, it is particularly preferred to use an adduct or a salt of hydrogen peroxide that releases hydrogen peroxide in the presence of water or aqueous conditions. The antiseptic polymethylmethacrylate bone cement can be used for mechanical fixation of primary total articular endoprostheses, for mechanical fixation of revision total articular endoprostheses, and for producing spacers.

Antiseptic polymethylmethacrylate bone cement

The invention relates to a composite material that comprises at least one magnesium component, whereby the magnesium component consists of pure magnesium or a magnesium-calcium alloy or a magnesium-calcium-X alloy, whereby X is another biodegradable element. The composite material also contains at least one organic anti-infective agent having a solubility in water at room temperature of less than 10 grams per liter.

Bio-absorbable composite materials containing magnesium and magnesium alloys as well as implants made of said composites

A method for coating at least regions of a medical implant includes providing a medical implant having a surface to be coated, and immersing the surface of the medical implant into a liquid including at least one pharmaceutically active substance, whereby the liquid is transferred to the surface of the medical implant due to the immersing. The method also includes pulling the surface of the medical implant out of the liquid, whereby part of the liquid remains adhering to the surface of the medical implant.

Coating method and coating device

The invention relates to an anti-infective spacer for osteosynthesis plates comprising a plate having at least one opening for accommodating a screw, whereby the plate is made up of at least one biocompatible material, in which at least one antimicrobial substance is distributed, dispersed or dissolved. The invention also relates to a set comprising at least one osteosynthesis plate and at least one said spacer, preferably comprising at least one screw for each recess of each spacer.

Anti-infective spacer for osteosynthesis plates

A device for coating at least regions of a medical implant includes an elastically deformable transfer means having a liquid that contains at least one pharmaceutically active substance. The liquid can be transferred to the medical implant when the transfer means is contacted with a surface of the medical implant.

The present invention relates to a novel polymeric material with enhanced hydrophilicity for medical use comprising a biocompatible polyester material selected from the group consisting of poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s, poly(lactic acid)s, poly(glycolic acid)s, poly(caprolactone)s and copolymers and blends thereof, wherein the biocompatible polyester material is crosslinked with a functionalized poly(alkylene oxide) having at least two functional groups independently selected from the group consisting of azido-formate and alkanoyl azide. The novel polymeric material with enhanced hydrophilicity is useful as a biocompatible material in a variety of medical applications, including medical implants, bioresorbable implants, tissue engineering, and controlled release.

Hybrid polymeric materials for medical applications and preparation thereof

An antibiotic coating of implants is described, which is characterized in that the coating comprises at least one saturated, organic, hydrophobic, low molecular matrix former whose melting point is in the temperature range of 45&#xb0; C. to 100&#xb0; C., in which a low molecular, hydrophobic additive is dissolved and that an antibiotic/antibiotics is/are suspended in the mixture of matrix former and additive and/or in which an antibiotic/antibiotics miscible with a mixture of matrix former and additive is/are dissolved.

Antibiotic coating of implants

The invention relates to a PMMA revision bone cement having powder and liquid component, in which the powder component contains two or more granular antibiotics whose grain size distribution is equal in that the main screening fraction each of the individual antibiotics is in the same grain size range, in particular in the range of 100-250 &#x3bc;m or 150-250 &#x3bc;m.

Polymethylmethacrylate revision bone cement

Antibiotic/s containing bone substitute material is described which is characterized in that it is composed of a compacted mixture of granules of calcium sulfate dihydrate, calcium carbonate and at least one representative of the aminoglycoside antibiotics, lincosamide antibiotics, glycopeptide antibiotics, macrolide antibiotics, ketolide antibiotics, the nitroimidazoles, the fluorochinolone antibiotics and the oxazolidinone antibiotics, the steroid antibiotics, the antiseptic agents and the fungicidal/fungistatic antibiotics which are partly or entirely sheathed with a layer of glycerol tripalmitate and/or glycerol tristearate and/or glycerol trilaurate and/or 1-hexadecyl alcohol which connects the granules with each other.

Antibiotic/s containing bone substitute material with sustained active substance release

Form bodies, which can be rotationally-symmetrical or irregularly-shaped, consist of at least one member of the group of the antibiotic salts, gentamicin myristate, gentamicin palmitate, gentamicin stearate, tobramycin myristate, tobramycin palmitate, tobramycin stearate, amikacin myristate, amikacin palmitate, amikacin stearate, vancomycin palmitate, vancomycin stearate, ramoplanin palmitate, ramoplanin stearate, levofloxacin palmitate, levofloxacin stearate, ofloxacin palmitate, ofloxacin stearate, moxifloxacin palmitate, moxifloxacin stearate, clindamycin palmitate, and clindamycin stearate. A medical device for implantation, in which the form bodies are arranged on a biodegradable filament at a distance of 1 mm to 25 mm as well as a method for the manufacture of the medical device and the use of the form bodies or the medical device to treat chronic osteomyelitis are described.

Implant material

A polymethylmethacrylate bone cement with a liquid monomer component and a solid component contains in the monomer liquid, for example, 0.001-1.00 mass percent of a dye or dye mixture that is insoluble or poorly soluble in methacrylic acid methylester and, for example, 0.001-2.00 mass percent of a synthetically produced, protein-free, hydrophobic, low molecular or oligomeric solubilizer for the dye or dye mixture. The solubilizer preferably is liquid or pasty at room temperature. The monomer liquid is translucent at room temperature. Preferably, 0.001-1.00 mass percent of a dye or dye mixture that is insoluble or poorly soluble in methacrylic acid methylester and, preferably, 0.001-2.00 mass percent of a synthetically produced, protein-free, hydrophobic, low molecular or oligomeric solubilizer that is liquid or pasty at room temperature are homogeneously dissolved in the polymethacrylate or polymethylacrylate of the powder component.

Polymethylmethacrylate bone cement

A dyed polymethyl methacrylate bone cement is described which is characterized by at least the surface of the polymer particles of the powder component being coated partially or completely with a mixture of one or several dyes and a hydrophobic, low molecular or oligomeric organic coupling agent, such a quantity of coupling agent being present that the polymer particles can be visually recognized as not having swollen.

Dyed polymethyl methacrylate bone cement and process for its production

The invention relates to a method for the antibiotic coating of bodies with interconnecting microcavities as well as bodies coated this way and their usage. The invented method is characterized in that in the microcavities of non-metallic bodies an aqueous solution 1, which contains at least one easily water-soluble antibiotic component from the groups of the aminoglycoside antibiotics, the tetracycline antibiotics, the lincosamide antibiotics and the 4-quinolone antibiotics, and an aqueous solution 2, which contains at least one easily water-soluble amphiphilic component from the groups of the alkyl sulfates, alkyl sulfonates, alkylaryl sulfates, dialkylaryl sulfates, alkylaryl sulfonates, dialkylaryl sulfonates, cycloalkyl sulfates, cycloalkyl sulfonates, alkylcycloalkyl sulfates, are introduced, wherein between the introduction of solutions 1 and 2 the water is basically removed through vaporization and/or evaporation, and whereby from the components of solutions 1 and 2 in the microcavities a deposit is formed, which is sparingly soluble in water.

Method for the antibiotic coating of bodies with interconnecting microcavities as well as coated bodies and their usage

The invention relates to hardly soluble antiphlogistic salts and antiphlogistic-antibiotic pharmaceutical preparations and their use. The hardly water soluble antiphlogistic antibiotics salts have as their cationic component one of the antibiotics gentamicin, clindamycin, neomycin, streptomycin, tetracycline, doxicyline, oxytetracycline and rolitetracycline and as their anionic component one of the antiphlogistics ibuprofen, naproxen, indomethacin, dexamethasone-21-phosphate, dexamethasone-21-sulfate, triamcinolone-21-phosphate and triamcinolone-21-sulfate. The antiphlogistic antibiotics salts are used in pharmaceutical preparations as controlled-release antibiotic/antibiotics drugs. The invention describes antiphlogistic-antibiotic pharmaceutical preparations for which mixtures in the solid state of aggregation are used, which are composed of an easily water soluble salt of gentamicin, clindamycin, neomycin, streptomycin, tetracycline, doxicycline, oxytetracycline and/or rolitetracycline and at least one easily water soluble salt of ibuprofen, naproxen, indomethacin, dexamethasone-21-phosphate, dexamethasone-21-sulfate, triamcinolone-21-phosphate and/or triamcinolone-21-sulfate and at least one inorganic and/or organic pharmaceutical adjuvant and which are used as permanent or temporary implants in the form of tablets and/or molded bodies.

Pharmaceutical preparation, method for its production as well as its use

The invention describes pharmaceutical preparations with retarding active ingredient release, which consist of mixtures of powdery teicoplanin and at least one powdery, water soluble salt form of gentamicin, clindamycin, kanamycin, amikacin, tobramycin, vancomycin, moxifloxacin and ciprofloxacin and an inorganic and/or organic adjuvant. The pharmaceutical preparations are used as permanent or as temporary implants in the form of tablets, molded bodies, fibers and granules.

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