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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2003
Kazunori Kataoka, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Nagasaki, Moriya, JP;
Kazunori Emoto, Huntsville, AL (US);
Michihiro Iijima, Oyama, JP;
Kazunori Kataoka, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Nagasaki, Moriya, JP;
Kazunori Emoto, Huntsville, AL (US);
Michihiro Iijima, Oyama, JP;
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a coated biomedical device said micelle having a hydrophilic outer shell and a hydrophobic inner core, or a hydrophobic outer shell and a hydrophilic inner core said micelle comprised of a block copolymer having a HLB value ranging from about 1 to about 40. The medical device may have one coating thereon or multiple coatings. The present invention is also directed to the use of the micelle as a drug carrier.