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US 2014/0276405 A1Published application
Drug Delivery with an Expandable Polymeric Component
OwnerChristopher Robert Miller, Frank Risi +1inventors
InventorsChristopher Robert Miller, Frank Risi, Ya Lang Enke
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Abstract
Embodiments are generally directed to the delivery of drugs through the use of an expandable polymeric component that is configured to swell when exposed to a recipient's bodily fluid. More specifically, in one embodiment an apparatus for implantation into a recipient comprises an expandable polymeric component and a drug delivery element that releasably carries a drug. The drug delivery element at least partially surrounds the expandable polymeric component.
Claims20
An apparatus for implantation into a recipient, comprising:
- a drug delivery element releasably carrying a drug;
- and
- an expandable polymeric component positioned adjacent to the drug delivery element such that the drug delivery element at least partially surrounds the expandable polymeric component,
- wherein the expandable polymeric component is configured to swell when exposed to the recipient's bodily fluid.
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A method, comprising:
- molding an expandable polymeric component configured to swell when exposed to the recipient's bodily fluid;
- and
- molding a polymeric drug delivery element loaded with a drug at least partially around the expandable polymeric component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.