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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Doug Taylor, Franklinton, NC (US);
Jim Mcclain, Raleigh, NC (US);
Clint Smoke, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mike Cole, Raleigh, NC (US);
James Deyoung, Durham, NC (US);
Doug Taylor, Franklinton, NC (US);
Jim McClain, Raleigh, NC (US);
Clint Smoke, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mike Cole, Raleigh, NC (US);
James DeYoung, Durham, NC (US);
Micell Technologies, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for depositing a coating comprising a polymer and pharmaceutical agent on a substrate, comprising the following steps: discharging at least one pharmaceutical agent in a therapeutically desirable morphology in dry powder form through a first orifice; discharging at least one polymer in dry powder form through a second orifice; depositing the polymer and/or pharmaceutical particles onto said substrate, wherein an electrical potential is maintained between the substrate and the pharmaceutical and/or polymer particles, thereby forming said coating; and sintering said coating under conditions that do not substantially modify the morphology of said pharmaceutical agent.