Implantable Medical Devices and Methods for Making the Same
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1. A method of forming an implantable medical device comprising:
- dissolving a polymer and a bioactive material in a co-solvent to form a mixture;
injecting said mixture into a mold;
allowing said co-solvent to evaporate from said mixture while said mixture is in said mold; and
removing said mixture from said mold after said evaporation.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are polymeric implantable medical devices and methods for making the same. Specifically, disclosed are polymeric implantable medical devices produced through the use of solvent casting methods.
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1. A method of forming an implantable medical device comprising:
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dissolving a polymer and a bioactive material in a co-solvent to form a mixture; injecting said mixture into a mold; allowing said co-solvent to evaporate from said mixture while said mixture is in said mold; and removing said mixture from said mold after said evaporation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. An implantable medical device wherein said medical device comprises a polymer and a bioactive material wherein at one point said polymer and bioactive material were dissolved together in a co-solvent and injected into a mold and wherein the temperature of said co-solvent was kept below a temperature at which said bioactive material would degrade.
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