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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2016
Incept, Llc, Lexington, MA (US);
Peter Jarrett, Lexington, MA (US);
Amarpreet S. Sawhney, Lexington, MA (US);
Michael J. McGrath, Upton, MA (US);
Arthur Driscoll, Reading, MA (US);
Ankita D. Desai, Reading, MA (US);
Michael Bassett, Pepperell, MA (US);
Incept, LLC, Lexington, MA (US);
Abstract
A prosthesis comprising a water-dissolvable coating. A prosthesis for a lacrimal canaliculus comprising a swellable punctal plug with a proximal end and a distal end, with the plug comprising a water-dissolvable biocompatible coating on the distal and/or the proximal end. Materials and methods for making and using the same. A prosthesis for placement in or across natural or prosthetic lumens, ostia, ducts, sinus, or sphincters, the prosthesis comprising a coating. The prosthesis can further provide a depot for sustained drug delivery to tissue.