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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2011
Applicants:
Kenichi Amano, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshimi Akaike, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Kenichi Amano, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshimi Akaike, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/7048 (2006.01); A61K 31/7036 (2006.01); A61P 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medical device that includes at least one antibiotic in a macromolecular substance that swells upon contact with a solvent. Also, a method for preparing an antibiotic-containing medical device that involves contacting a medical device having at least a portion of the surface formed from a swellable macromolecular substance, with a solvent that swells the macromolecular substance, contacting the swollen macromolecular substance with at least one antibiotic, and removing the solvent from the swollen macromolecular substance.