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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:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard L Dunn, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Gerald L Yewey, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jeffrey L Southard, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John E Urheim, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Atrix Laboratories, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424443 ; 424447 ; 424426 ; 424 7806 ; 523111 ; 523113 ; 602 52 ; 602904 ; 128898 ; 528905 ;
Abstract
A medical device which is a surgically implantable device coated with an adjunctive polymer system. The adjunctive polymer system forms a solid matrix when introduced into a human or animal body. The adjunctive polymer system can contain a drug or a medicament which is released over time from the solid matrix. The adjunctive polymer system contacts body tissue into which the surgically implantable device is implanted.