Medical treatment applications of swellable and deformable microspheres
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1. A method for treating a_mammal by administering microspheres, the method comprising the steps:
- I) providing microspheres prepared by a process comprising the steps;
a) forming a first solution comprising;
(i) water;
(ii) at least one water miscible monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, salts of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-substituted acrylamides, N-substituted methacrylamides, 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid, 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, salts of 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid and 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, styrene-sulfonic acid, salts of styrene-sulfonic acid, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, provided that;
(A) if said monomer is acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-substituted acrylamides, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, or 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, said monomer is used in combination with at least one other monomer selected from subgroup 1 consisting of;
acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, salts of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid, 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, salts of 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid and 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, styrene-sulfonic acid, and salts of styrene-sulfonic acid;
(B) if said first solution contains at least one monomer from subgroup 2 consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, salts of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-substituted acrylamides, N-substituted methacrylamides, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, but does not contain a monomer selected from subgroup 3 consisting of 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid, 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, salts of 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid and 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, styrene-sulfonic acid, and salts of styrene-sulfonic acid, then the pH of the first solution is at least 3 or about 3;
(C) if said first solution contains at least one monomer from subgroup 3 consisting of 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid, 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, salts of 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid and 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, styrene-sulfonic acid, and salts of styrene-sulfonic acid, then the pH of the first solution is less than 3 or about 3;
(iii) a crosslinking agent that is miscible in the first solution in less than or equal to about 5 mol %, relative to total moles of monomer and crosslinking agent, said crosslinking agent being selected from the group consisting of N,N′
-methylene-bis-acrylamide, N,N′
-methylene-bis-methacrylamide, N-methylolacrylamide, N-methylolmethacrylamide, glycidyl acrylate, glycidyl methacrylate, polyethylene glycol diacrylate, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate, polyvalent metal salts of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, divinyl benzene phosphoacrylates, divinylbenzene, divinylphenylphosphine, divinyl sulfone, 1,3-divinyltetramethyldisiloxane, 3,9-divinyl-2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5,5]undecane, phosphomethacrylates, ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether, glycerin triglycidyl ether, glycerin diglycidyl ether, and polyethylene glycol diglycidyl ether;
(iv) a water soluble protecting colloid;
(v) an emulsifier; and
(vi) a low temperature aqueous soluble azo initiator;
b) forming a second solution comprising at least one substantially chlorinated hydrocarbon of less than 6 carbon units, provided that the chlorinated hydrocarbon is not a halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon, and an organic soluble protecting colloid;
c) forming a first suspension with agitation comprising the first and second solutions at a temperature below the initiation temperature of the azo initiator of (a);
d) increasing the temperature of the agitating first suspension to a temperature at which the low temperature aqueous soluble azo initiator is activated;
e) agitating the first suspension until it forms a second suspension comprising a gelatinous precipitate suspended in an organic liquid phase, wherein microspheres are formed;
f) allowing the second suspension to cool to a temperature that is at about 30°
C. or below 30°
C. while agitating the second suspension;
g) washing the second suspension at least once with a dehydrating solvent wherein water is removed from the microspheres forming a microsphere preparation;
h) recovering the microsphere preparation; and
i) drying the microsphere preparationII) administering said microspheres into at least one tissue region of said mammal, wherein the microspheres are administered;
1) into a non-vasculature passageway;
2) into thinned or degenerated tissue;
3) into an intra-organ or extra-organ void;
or,4) to a wound;
of said mammal.
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Abstract
A method for medical treatment was developed in which microspheres with novel properties are administered in a mammal. The microspheres are made using a novel process that results in microspheres with new combined properties of high density, low fracture, high swell capacity, rapid swell, and deformability following swell. These microspheres may be administered for void filling, tissue bulking, non-vasculature occlusion, body fluid absorption, and delivery of medications.
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1. A method for treating a_mammal by administering microspheres, the method comprising the steps:
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I) providing microspheres prepared by a process comprising the steps; a) forming a first solution comprising; (i) water; (ii) at least one water miscible monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, salts of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-substituted acrylamides, N-substituted methacrylamides, 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid, 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, salts of 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid and 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, styrene-sulfonic acid, salts of styrene-sulfonic acid, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, provided that; (A) if said monomer is acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-substituted acrylamides, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, or 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, said monomer is used in combination with at least one other monomer selected from subgroup 1 consisting of;
acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, salts of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid, 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, salts of 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid and 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, styrene-sulfonic acid, and salts of styrene-sulfonic acid;(B) if said first solution contains at least one monomer from subgroup 2 consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, salts of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-substituted acrylamides, N-substituted methacrylamides, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, but does not contain a monomer selected from subgroup 3 consisting of 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid, 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, salts of 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid and 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, styrene-sulfonic acid, and salts of styrene-sulfonic acid, then the pH of the first solution is at least 3 or about 3; (C) if said first solution contains at least one monomer from subgroup 3 consisting of 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid, 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, salts of 2-acryloylethane-sulfonic acid and 2-methacryloylethane-sulfonic acid, styrene-sulfonic acid, and salts of styrene-sulfonic acid, then the pH of the first solution is less than 3 or about 3; (iii) a crosslinking agent that is miscible in the first solution in less than or equal to about 5 mol %, relative to total moles of monomer and crosslinking agent, said crosslinking agent being selected from the group consisting of N,N′
-methylene-bis-acrylamide, N,N′
-methylene-bis-methacrylamide, N-methylolacrylamide, N-methylolmethacrylamide, glycidyl acrylate, glycidyl methacrylate, polyethylene glycol diacrylate, polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate, polyvalent metal salts of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, divinyl benzene phosphoacrylates, divinylbenzene, divinylphenylphosphine, divinyl sulfone, 1,3-divinyltetramethyldisiloxane, 3,9-divinyl-2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5,5]undecane, phosphomethacrylates, ethylene glycol diglycidyl ether, glycerin triglycidyl ether, glycerin diglycidyl ether, and polyethylene glycol diglycidyl ether;(iv) a water soluble protecting colloid; (v) an emulsifier; and (vi) a low temperature aqueous soluble azo initiator; b) forming a second solution comprising at least one substantially chlorinated hydrocarbon of less than 6 carbon units, provided that the chlorinated hydrocarbon is not a halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon, and an organic soluble protecting colloid; c) forming a first suspension with agitation comprising the first and second solutions at a temperature below the initiation temperature of the azo initiator of (a); d) increasing the temperature of the agitating first suspension to a temperature at which the low temperature aqueous soluble azo initiator is activated; e) agitating the first suspension until it forms a second suspension comprising a gelatinous precipitate suspended in an organic liquid phase, wherein microspheres are formed; f) allowing the second suspension to cool to a temperature that is at about 30°
C. or below 30°
C. while agitating the second suspension;g) washing the second suspension at least once with a dehydrating solvent wherein water is removed from the microspheres forming a microsphere preparation; h) recovering the microsphere preparation; and i) drying the microsphere preparation II) administering said microspheres into at least one tissue region of said mammal, wherein the microspheres are administered; 1) into a non-vasculature passageway; 2) into thinned or degenerated tissue; 3) into an intra-organ or extra-organ void;
or,4) to a wound; of said mammal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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