Drug Delivery with an Expandable Polymeric Component

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 po...

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Hauptverfasser:	ENKE YA LANG, MILLER CHRISTOPHER ROBERT, RISI FRANK
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR ELECTROTHERAPY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MAGNETOTHERAPY MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL PERFORMING OPERATIONS RADIATION THERAPY SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS TRANSPORTING ULTRASOUND THERAPY WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	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.