摘要:
Methods are provided for administering a phospholipid composition to a subject, comprising coating a medical device with at least one layer of a phospholipid composition, wherein the coating is achieved by electrospraying the device with the composition, and wherein the composition is carrying or can carry at least one therapeutic agent.
摘要:
A series of novel, melt- or mold-processable HA esters with varying aliphatic chain lengths are synthesized from silyl HA-quaternary (quat.) ammonium salt complex (preferably silyl HA-CTA, a silylated HA complex with cetyltrimethyl ammonium salt). Introduction of aliphatic acyl groups, preferably acid chlorides, to disrupt the strong HA intermolecular bonding, is done via acylation. Acylation takes place at the oxygen of the trimethylsilyloxy group —O—Si(CH3)3 in the silyl HA-CTA by removal of trimethylsilyl groups therefrom. Optionally, crosslinking may be performed during the shaping/molding of the HA esters into a structure/device, or thereafter, if at all. Native HA can then be regenerated/recovered by saponification hydrolysis, removing acyl groups, —CH3(CH2)10CO, and the cetyltrimethyl ammonium salt groups, -CTA, from HA ester. The structure/device of a preselected shape (e.g., porous or solid, bulk structure or fibers) may become a component of an assembly, a product that is further processed, integrated into another component (e.g., laminated, adhered, assembled, further shaped, chemically-intermixed/intermingled), and so on.
摘要:
A diaphragm for minimizing interfacial porosity during the insertion of a femoral component into the cavity in the medullary canal of a femur. By providing a seal around the outer medial, lateral, anterior and posterior surfaces of the component during insertion through the diaphragm, the introduction of pores into the cement during the insertion process is minimized and flow of cement out of the cavity is resisted. The diaphragm may be formed of at least one rigid layer and a resilient layer, the resilient layer providing the desired seal. In another embodiment, the diaphragm may be formed of two stacked discs which permit expansion in two orthogonal directions and which have holes which include seals on the inner surface thereof to provide a seal between the diaphragm and the outer surfaces of the component. In the method of the present invention, a diaphragm is placed over the opening of the cavity to resist the flow of cement out of the cavity to pressurize the cement during insertion of the component, as well as to provide a seal between the diaphragm and the component to resist the introduction of air into the cement. After insertion, the diaphragm is cut or otherwise separated to allow removal thereof.