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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2015
Applicants:
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA (US);
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Mark E. Keegan, Littleton, MA (US);
Michael J. McKenna, Southborough, MA (US);
Assignees:
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA (US);
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61F 2002/183 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0069 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); A61L 2300/602 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49828 (2015.01);
Abstract
A medical implant device includes a prosthesis adapted to replace at least a portion of a bone. The prosthesis includes a drug-eluting polymer adapted to deliver a drug to at least a portion of an area surrounding the prosthesis.