Claims
- 1. A device for the controlled continuous administration of a predetermined dosage of a drug to a living animal comprising the polymeric reaction product of (A) a polyglycolic acid composition and (B) a polyester of diglycolic acid and an unhindered glycol; wherein the amount of (B) used is between about 2% and 50%, by weight, based on the total weight of (A) and (B); wherein (A), before reaction with (B), has a molecular weight of at least 30,000 and (B), before reaction with (A), has a molecular weight sufficiently high so as to provide a polymeric material possessing self-supporting film-forming properties, which has dispersed uniformly throughout said polymeric reaction product, a drug formulation.
- 2. A device according to claim 1 in the form of a self-supporting film.
Parent Case Info
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 691,749 filed June 1, 1976, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,048,256.
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3991766 |
Schmitt et al. |
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