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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:
Mar. 04, 1980
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
James L Hudson, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Jack F Wagner, Greenfield, IN (US);
Assignee:
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 19 ; 128260 ; 424 28 ; 424 78 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed an implant which has an inert, biocompatible core with a coating comprising from about 5 to about 40% of estradiol in a biocompatible dimethylpolysiloxane rubber. When the implant is placed under the skin of a ruminant animal the estradiol is released at a substantially constant rate to produce a greater than normal weight gain in the animal. The implant remains intact and may be removed from the animal at the end of the desired period of drug administration.