Patent ID: 6991808
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
1. A sustained release drug delivery device comprising: a) a drug core comprising at least one agent effective in obtaining a diagnostic effect or effective in obtaining a desired local or systemic physiological or pharmacological effect; b) an impermeable coating layer impermeable to the passage of said agent adjacent to said drug core that surrounds a portion of said drug core; c) a suture tab adhered to and extending from said drug delivery device that is used during surgery to adhere said device to the body of a mammalian organism; and d) a permeable polymer coating layer that is made of a similar polymer material as said suture tab, permeable to the passage of said agent that essentially completely covers the impermeable coating layer and the uncoated portion of the drug core that is not coated with said impermeable coating layer, wherein the sustained release delivery device is made by the step of curing both the polymer coating layer and the suture tab at the same time to bond both together.