Localized Insulin Delivery for Bone Healing
AssigneeUniversity of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
InventorsSheldon Suton Lin, Ankur Gandhi, James Patrick O'Connor, Loay A. Al-Zube, Joseph Benevenia, J. Russell Parsons
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Abstract
A method of promoting bone healing in a non-diabetic patient in need thereof by locally administering a therapeutically effective amount of insulin to the patient. A drug delivery device, which includes insulin and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the device is adapted for localized administration of insulin to a patient in need thereof is also presented.
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A method of promoting bone healing in a non-diabetic patient in need thereof comprising locally administering a therapeutically effective amount of insulin to said patient.
Use of insulin in the manufacture of a medicament for accelerating bone healing in a non-diabetic patient in need thereof characterized by a therapeutically effective amount of insulin for localized administration.
A drug delivery device comprising insulin and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein said device is adapted for localized administration of insulin to a patient in need thereof.
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