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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1978
Filed:
May. 05, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald James Casey, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Martin Epstein, Norwalk, CT (US);
Assignee:
American Cyanamid Company, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ; A61L / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 19 ; 128260 ; 1283355 ; 260860 ; 2608 / ; 424 21 ; 424 22 ; 424 78 ; 528301 ; 528354 ;
Abstract
A normally-solid, bioabsorbable, hydrolyzable, polymeric reaction product of (A) a polyglycolic acid composition and (B) a polyester of diglycolic acid and an unhindered glycol and to the process of preparing the same and the use of said polymeric reaction product as a sterile surgical element and as a device for the controlled continuous administration of a predetermined dosage of a drug to a living animal.