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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Exogenesis Corporation, Billerica, MA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen M. Blinn, Amherst, MA (US);
Richard C. Svrluga, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/16 (2006.01); A61L 31/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); C23C 14/02 (2006.01); C23C 14/22 (2006.01); C23C 14/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61L 31/12 (2013.01); C23C 14/022 (2013.01); C23C 14/221 (2013.01); C23C 14/505 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01); A61L 2300/406 (2013.01); A61L 2300/416 (2013.01); A61L 2300/42 (2013.01); A61L 2300/426 (2013.01); A61L 2300/61 (2013.01); A61L 2300/62 (2013.01); A61L 2400/18 (2013.01); H01J 2237/0812 (2013.01); Y10T 428/249988 (2015.04); Y10T 428/31504 (2015.04);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a drug delivery system and method provide a member including a combination of a drug substance and a polymer or other material, and an encapsulating layer formed in an outer surface of the member by gas cluster ion beam irradiation of the outer surface of the member, which encapsulating layer is adapted to determine one or more characteristics of the drug delivery system.