Patent ID: 9308190
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61F,A61K

Claim Text:
1. An implantable medical device configured to fit at, near or in a bone defect, the medical device comprising a biodegradable polymer, a therapeutically effective amount of a statin disposed throughout the medical device to facilitate bone growth, and trehalose, the polymer comprising poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide), the medical device having an inherent viscosity of about 0.34 dL/g, the statin comprising at least cerivastatin, atorvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, rosuvastatin, eptastatin, pitavastatin, velostatin, fluindostatin, dalvastain, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or a combination thereof, wherein the medical device allows influx of at least progenitor, and/or bone cells at, near or in the bone defect.