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US 2013/0296833 A1Published application
Biodegradable osmotic pump implant for drug delivery
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsPHILLIP D. BLASKOVICH, RACHIT OHRI, STEVEN L. BENNETT
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a drug delivery device including a biodegradable housing and a hydrogel within the biodegradable housing. The housing, the hydrogel, or both, may include a bioactive agent. Also disclosed is a method of drug delivery including the steps of forming the biodegradable housing, in embodiments a hydrogel, suspending a bioactive agent in the hydrogel, and introducing a second hydrogel and/or precursors of a second hydrogel into the biodegradable housing.
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An implantable drug delivery device comprising:
- a biodegradable pouch comprising a biodegradable polymeric material;
- at least two barrier layers within the biodegradable pouch, the at least two barrier layers forming at least three compartments within the biodegradable pouch;
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- a biodegradable hydrogel within said biodegradable pouch;
- wherein the biodegradable hydrogel comprises a bioactive agent, and
- wherein each of the at least two barrier layers possess at least one degradable region.
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