IUD Arrangement
OwnerSeth T. Shaw, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A medicated intrauterine device insertable in and retained in the uterus for a predetermined time period and having a drug with a controlled release rate and said drug comprising a guanidine such as an aromatic monoguanidine, an aromatic diguanidine, a non-aromatic monoguanidine or a non-aromatic diguanidine to provide anti-fibrinolytic, anti-proteolytic and/or anti-conceptive action. The drug is one or a mixture of more than one of such guanidines, or a mixture of one or more of such guanidines with one or more amidines.
Claims9
A medicated intrauterine device of the type insertable into the uterus for retention therein for a predetermined time period and comprising, in combination, a uterus insertable body member polymer matrix having an external surface contacting the uterus, a coating on a first portion of said external surface of said body member comprising a drug, and said drug compromising at least a guanidine in one of a biodegradable crosslinked polymer and biodegradable crosslinked copolymer form and said drug chemically bonded to said surface of said polymer matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.