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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Inventors:
Ethan G. Sherman, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Wei Chen, Cedarburg, WI (US);
Denise E. Guenther, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 24/00 (2006.01); A61L 15/22 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 24/08 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/20 (2006.01); B65B 55/16 (2006.01); B65B 63/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 24/0042 (2013.01); A61F 13/2005 (2013.01); A61K 9/0043 (2013.01); A61L 2/0029 (2013.01); A61L 15/225 (2013.01); A61L 24/0015 (2013.01); A61L 24/0036 (2013.01); A61L 24/08 (2013.01); A61L 31/042 (2013.01); A61L 31/146 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); B65B 55/16 (2013.01); B65B 63/08 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01); A61L 2300/232 (2013.01); A61L 2300/404 (2013.01); A61L 2400/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable article comprising a dissolvable sponge derived from the mixture of chitosan, a first polysaccharide and a second polysaccharides. The polysaccharides have different number average molecular weight characteristics to enable the control of the mechanical features of the sponge.