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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2010
Modesto Erneta, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Zhangwen Wu, New Hope, PA (US);
Modesto Erneta, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Zhangwen Wu, New Hope, PA (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to absorbable microspheres comprising a copolymer formed from greater than 88 to about 99 mole percent ε-caprolactone or p-dioxanone, and about 1 to less than 12 mole percent of a different second monomer selected from the group consisting of glycolide, p-dioxanone, trimethylene carbonate and the lactides and combinations thereof, said microspheres having a particle size ranging from about 5 to 2,000 microns. Also described herein are a method for making such microspheres and formulations comprising such absorbable microspheres.