Method and apparatus for packaging a fluid containing prosthesis
CA 1254152 A · Owner: American Medical Systems Inc. · Inventors: Klatt, William M.
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Abstract, A method and apparatus for packaging a fluid containing prosthesis adapted to be implanted in a sterile condition involves filling a closable permeable fluid containing housing within the prosthetic device with a fluid. The prosthetic device is then enclosed within a substantially fluid impenetrable enclosure that is filled with a fluid with activities which substantially match the activities of the fluid within the prosthetic device. Thus even, where the prosthetic device contains a physiological solution, by incorporating a solution of equal solute concentration within the enclosure that surrounds the prosthetic device, the tendency for osmosis to occur across the barrier …
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- Granted May 16, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 16, 2006.
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