Align Technology, Inc.

Acclarent, Inc.

Medtronic Vascular, Inc.

Wenda Carlyle

Joshua Makower

Eric E Kuo

John Y Chang

Ketan P Muni

Chunhua Li

Amir Abolfathi

William M Facteau

Jennifer C Chen

Benjamin Ming Wu

Robert Eugene Tricca

Howard L Levine

Philippe De Smedt

Kishore Udipi

Peiwen Cheng

Patrice Tremble

Diane Judd

Patricia Tremble

A method and apparatus for reducing or eliminating pain after surgical procedures related to mucosal tissue, including tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, or other pharyngeal operations. Certain embodiments provide a biodegradable film or covering that serves as a mechanical barrier to reduce pain caused, for example, by friction between solid food and healing tissue in the first few days after surgery. Some embodiments may include one or more therapeutic substances for locally reducing pain, facilitating healing and/or otherwise treating mucosal tissue at or near a tonsil bed.

Mucosal tissue dressing and method of use

The gradient coated stentof the present invention provides a coated stent having a continuous coatingdisposed on the stent elements. The continuous coatingincludes a first coating component and a second coating component. The concentration of the first coating component varies continuously over at least part of the thickness of the continuous coating. The concentration of the second coating component can also vary over at least part of the thickness of the continuous coating. In one embodiment, the concentration of the first coating component decreases in the direction from the stent element towards the outer edge of the continuous coatingand the concentration of the second coating component increases in the direction from the stent element towards the outer edge of the continuous coating

Gradient coated stent and method of fabrication

Systems and methods are disclosed for intra-oral delivery of drugs.

Systems and methods for intra-oral drug delivery

Systems and methods are disclosed for intra-oral delivery of drugs. One method embodiment includes providing a dental device with one or more reservoirs, supplying at least one of the reservoirs with the one or more substances, and fluidly releasing the one or more substances from at least one reservoir into an oral structure at different preselected doses at different predetermined time periods and in a predetermined sequence.

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