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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2009
William F Mckay, Memphis, TN (US);
Christopher M Hobot, Tonka Bay, MN (US);
Danielle Biggs, Collierville, TN (US);
Katara Shaw, Birmingham, AL (US);
John Myers Zanella, Cordova, TN (US);
Vanja M King, Memphis, TN (US);
Stephen Mark Cox, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Kathy L Remsen, Germantown, TN (US);
William F McKay, Memphis, TN (US);
Christopher M Hobot, Tonka Bay, MN (US);
Danielle Biggs, Collierville, TN (US);
Katara Shaw, Birmingham, AL (US);
John Myers Zanella, Cordova, TN (US);
Vanja M King, Memphis, TN (US);
Stephen Mark Cox, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Kathy L Remsen, Germantown, TN (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Effective treatments of pain and inflammation are provided. Through the administration of an effective amount of fluocinolone at or near a target site, one can reduce, prevent or treat inflammation and pain and autoimmune disorders. In various embodiments, fluocinolone formulations may be provided within biodegradable polymers to reduce, prevent or treat sciatic pain and/or inflammation. In various embodiments, prevent transplant rejection for at least twenty-five days. In some embodiments, the pain relief can be for at least fifty days, at least one hundred days, at least one hundred and thirty-five days or at least one hundred and eighty days.