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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sylwester Gogolewski, Davos, CH;
Assignee:
Synthes (U.S.A.), Paoli, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 ; A61F 2/30 ; A61F 2/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 ; A61F 2/30 ; A61F 2/00 ;
Abstract
A method for delivering a therapeutically effective drug via a hardenable ceramic hydraulic cement composition including a first component of at least one sodium or calcium salts of inorganic and organic acids, a second component of at least one alkaline, and optionally third and fourth components including an organic carboxylic acid and pure water, respectively, wherein the cement composition is implanted in an animal or human body, hardens, and then degrades in situ after time to releases a amount of the drug into a locally targeted area.