Peter Jarrett,Amarpreet S. Sawhney,Michael J. McGrath,Arthur Driscoll,Ankitaben P. Desai,Michael Bassett
申请号:
US15217559
公开号:
US20170020729A1
申请日:
2016.07.22
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要:
A prosthesis comprising a water-dissolvable coating. A prosthesis for a lacrimal canaliculus comprising a swellable punctal plug with a proximal end and a distal end, with the plug comprising a water-dissolvable biocompatible coating on the distal and/or the proximal end. Materials and methods for making and using the same. A prosthesis for placement in or across natural or prosthetic lumens, ostia, ducts, sinus, or sphincters, the prosthesis comprising a coating. The prosthesis can further provide a depot for sustained drug delivery to tissue.