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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles L Fox, Jr, New York, NY (US);
Shanta M Modak, River Edge, NJ (US);
Lester A Sampath, Nyack, NY (US);
Assignee:
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-1 ; 623 11 ; 623 16 ; 2167 ; 427-2 ; 4273855 ; 427387 ; 4274071 ; 604265 ; 606151 ; 523113 ; 523122 ;
Abstract
A method of preparing an infection-resistant medical device comprising one or more matrix-forming polymers selected from the group consisting of biomedical polyurethane, biomedical silicones and biodegradable polymers, and antimicrobial agents, especially a synergistic combination of a silver salt and chlorhexidine (or its salts); also disclosed are medical devices having the synergistic composition therein or compositions thereon.
Published as:
EP0328421A2; AU2989589A; JPH0217071A; EP0328421A3; US5019096A; AU7922991A; AU616472B2; EP0328421B1; AU636767B2; DE68905939D1; DE68905939T2; JPH0790039B2; US5616338A; CA1341224C;