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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tacey X. Viegas, Birmingham, AL (US);
Lorraine E. Reeve, Dexter, MI (US);
Raymond L. Henry, St. Clair Shores, MI (US);
Assignee:
MDV Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/10 ; A61K 4/734 ; A61K 4/736 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/10 ; A61K 4/734 ; A61K 4/736 ;
Abstract
Balanced pH, thermo-irreversible gels are ideal vehicles for drug delivery to a body cavity of a mammal. The gels contain a mixture of a polyoxyalkylene block copolymer or polyether together with an ionic polysaccharide which is thermo-irreversibly gelled in the presence of a counter-ion.