MICROLAYER COEXTRUSION TO CREATE A TIME-RELEASE DRUG SUBSTANCE DELIVERY PRODUCT

摘要

The present disclosure relates to medical devices containing time-release drug substance, and more particularly, to medical tubing, catheters, stents, cables (including fiber optic cables), pills, capsules, sheaths, threads, clamps, sutures, and endotracheal devices. The invention also generally relates to a method for extruding multiple laminated flow streams using microlayer coextrusion to create these various time-release drug delivery products.