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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Stl Laboratories Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Shu-Tung Li, Wyckoff, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Shu-Tung and Alice Li Foundation Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/44 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/44 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61L 2300/252 (2013.01); A61L 2300/43 (2013.01); A61L 2430/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable drug-delivery device for repairing a severed peripheral nerve. The drug-delivery device includes a matrix formed of a biopolymer and an erythropoietin (EPO) entrapped in the matrix. After in vivo implantation of the drug-delivery device, the EPO elutes over a period of 1 day to 12 weeks. Also disclosed is a method for repairing a severed peripheral nerve using the implantable drug-delivery device.