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Antibiotic bonded prosthesis and process for producing same

Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Filing: 1986-04-11
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Granted: 1988-06-07
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Expires: 2006-04-11
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Abstract

Abstract There is disclosed an improved prosthesis coated, respectively, with an ionic surfactant, an antibiotic and/or antithrombiotic agent and treated with an immobilizing ionic exchange compound, to remove un-antibiotic bound ionic surfactant. The drug may be encapsulated within phospholipid vesicles which are bound to the prosthesis.

Inventors

  • 👤 Ralph S. Greco
  • 👤 Richard A. Harvey
  • 👤 Stanley Z. Trooskin
  • 👤 George Strauss

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 16:18
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L27/00; A61L27/50; A61L27/54; A61K; A61K9/00; A61K9/10; A61K9/127; A61L33/00; A61L33/0005; A61L33/0011; A61L33/0017; A61L33/0047; A61L2300/00; A61L2300/40; A61L2300/404; A61L2300/406; A61L2300/60; A61L2300/606; A61L2300/62; A61L2300/626; A61L2300/80; A61L2300/802; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/3154; Y10T428/31544; Y10T428/31678

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim 38 words
A prosthesis for use in in vivo surgery having a coating, respectively, of an ionically charged surfactant and an antibiotic compound encapsulated within phospholipid vesicles, wherein said vesicles have a surface charge opposite to that of said surfactant.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 38 words
A prosthesis for use in in vivo surgery having a coating, respectively, of an ionically charged surfactant and an antibiotic compound encapsulated within phospholipid vesicles, wherein said vesicles have a surface charge opposite to that of said surfactant.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 21 words
The prothesis as defined in claim 1 wherein said antibiotic compound is selected from the group consisting of penicillins, and cefoxitins.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 14 words
The prosthesis as defined in claim 1 wherein said surfactant is tridodecylmethyl ammonium chloride.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 15 words
The prosthesis as defined in claim 3 wherein said vesicles are prepared from phosphatidyl serine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 14 words
The prosthesis as defined in claim 1 wherein said prosthesis is a vascular graft.
Claim 7
Independent Claim 55 words
A method for preparing a prosthesis for use in in vivo surgery, which comprises: (a) contacting said prosthesis with an ionically charged surfactant to coat said prosthesis with said ionically charged surfactant; (b) contacting said prosthesis of step (a) with a phospholipid vesicle suspension; and (c) removing non-adhering vesicles from the prosthesis of step (b).
Claim 8
Independent Claim 55 words
A method for preparing a prosthesis for use in in vivo surgery, which comprises: (a) contacting said prosthesis with an ionically charged surfactant to coat said prosthesis with said ionically charged surfactant; (b) contacting said prosthesis of step (a) with a phospholipid vesicle suspension; and (c) removing non-adhering vesicles from the prosthesis of step (b).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 23 words
The method as defined in claim 6 wherein step (a) is effected for a period of time of from 5 to 120 minutes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 18 words
The method as defined in claim 6 wherein step (a) is effected for a period of 30 minutes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 23 words
The method as defined in claim 6 wherein step (a) is effected at a temperature of from 0 degrees to 55 degrees C.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 16 words
The method as defined in claim 9 wherein step (a) is effected preferably at ambient temperature.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 18 words
The method as defined in claim 6 wherein step (b) is effected for 16 hours at room temperature.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 25 words
The method as defined in claim 6 wherein the phospholipid vesicle suspension is prepared by sonicating phospholipids suspended in an aqueous solution of a drug.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 27 words
The method as defined in claim 12 wherein a phosphlipid with a net positive charge is employed if the prosthesis has been coated with negatively charged surfactant.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 28 words
The method as defined in claim 12 wherein a phospholipid with a net negative charge is employed if the prosthesis has been coated with a positively charged surfactant.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 22 words
The method as defined in claim 12 wherein the suspension is sonicated with a probe-type sonicator at 5 watts to 50 watts.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 18 words
The method as defined in claim 15 wherein the suspension is sonicated preferably at 20 watts of energy.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 15 words
The method as defined in claim 12 wherein the suspension is sonicated for 60 minutes.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 19 words
The method as defined in claim 17 wherein the suspension is sonicated at a temperature of 25 degrees C.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 15 words
The method as defined in claim 6 wherein said cationic surfactant is tridodecylmethyl ammonium chloride.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 21 words
The method as defined in claim 6 wherein said antibiotic compound is selected from the group consisting of penicillins and cephalosporins.

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