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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Robert W. Adams, Oakton, VA (US);
Inventors:
Robert W. Adams, Oakton, VA (US);
Wayne C. Pollock, Lincoln University, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/485 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01); B29K 67/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/0024 (2013.01); A61K 31/485 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); B29C 67/0059 (2013.01); B29C 67/0088 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A61L 2300/604 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01); B29K 2067/046 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0056 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method (and the resulting product) of making a medical implant device for releasing self-contained drugs on a controlled basis wherein the method utilizes, at least in part, computer-controlled 3-D printing equipment to deposit via nozzles portions of one or more layers of the medical implant product. The implant has an outer impervious coating, an inner matrix core, an opening and an optional bonding layer.