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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Modesto Erneta, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Robert DiLuccio, Asbury, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/14 (2006.01); A61L 27/58 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61K 8/02 (2006.01); A61K 8/85 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61K 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/025 (2013.01); A61K 8/85 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61L 27/58 (2013.01); A61K 9/1647 (2013.01); A61K 2800/412 (2013.01);
Abstract
Absorbable microspheres comprising a copolymer formed from greater than 80 to about 99 mole percent D,L-lactideg, L(−)-lactide, D(+)-lactide, or meso-lactide and combinations thereof, and about 1 to less than 20 mole percent of a different second monomer selected from the group consisting of p-dioxanone and trimethylene carbonate and combinations thereof, said microspheres having a particle size ranging from about 5 to 2000 microns. Also described herein are formulations comprising such absorbable microspheres.