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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Biocompatibles Uk Ltd, Surrey, GB;
Inventors:
Stéphane Hohn, The Hague, NL;
Andrew Lennard Lewis, Camberley, GB;
Assignee:
BIOCOMPATIBLES UK LTD., Farnham, Surrey, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/04 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01); A61L 24/06 (2006.01); C08F 116/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/0442 (2013.01); A61K 49/048 (2013.01); A61K 49/0457 (2013.01); A61L 24/0015 (2013.01); A61L 24/0031 (2013.01); A61L 24/06 (2013.01); C08F 116/06 (2013.01); A61K 49/04 (2013.01); A61K 49/0433 (2013.01); A61K 49/0438 (2013.01); A61K 49/0476 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01); A61L 2430/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention relates to imageable polymers, particularly those comprising poly vinylalcohol and to methods for making them as well as to embolic microspheres comprising the polymers. The microspheres are imageable during embolization procedures and can be loaded with drugs or other therapeutic agents to provide an imageable drug delivery system.