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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2005
Applicants:
Robert N Hotchkiss, Riverside, CT (US);
John a Koski, New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Robert N Hotchkiss, Riverside, CT (US);
John A Koski, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of intra-articular drug delivery may include selecting an attachment zone in a synovial joint; affixing a drug release device in the attachment zone, the drug release device comprising a base affixable in the attachment zone, a sustained-release drug carrier, and a drug, the device positioned so that the device releases the drug into the synovial fluid of the synovial joint, and so that agitation of the synovial fluid facilitates elution of the drug from the drug release device.