Abstract: A drug delivery device for administering a drug at a controlled rate for a prolonged period of time to produce a local or systemic physiological or pharmacological effect is comprised of a wall surrounding a reservoir containing a drug. The reservoir is formed of a solid drug carrier permeable to the passage of the drug. The wall is formed in at least a part of a microporous material the pores of which contain a drug release rate controlling medium also permeable to the passage of the drug, but the rate of passage of the drug through the medium is lower than the rate passage of the drug through the solid drug carrier so that drug release by the medium in the microporous wall is the drug release rate controlling step for releasing drug from the drug delivery device.

Abstract: A drug delivery device for administering a drug at a controlled rate for a prolonged period of time to produce a local or systemic physiological or pharmacological effect is comprised of a wall surrounding a reservoir containing a drug. The reservoir is formed of a drug carrier permeable to the passage of the drug and in which the drug has limited solubility. The wall is formed in at least a part of a drug release rate controlling material also permeable to the passage of the drug, but the rate of passage of the drug through the wall is lower than the rate passage of the drug through the drug carrier so that drug release by the wall is the drug release rate controlling step for releasing drug from the drug delivery device.

Abstract: A method for augmenting hard or soft connective tissue, such as skin, tendon, cartilage, bone or interstitium, in a living mammal comprising implanting a proteolytic enzyme-solubilized, purified, native, in situ polymerizable collagen solution into the mammal at the augmentation site. The solution polymerizes at the site into a stable, non-reactive fibrous mass of tissue which is rapidly colonized by host cells and vascularized.

Abstract: A polymeric wall adapted to release drug at a controlled rate for a prolonged period of time from a reservoir comprising a drug and a carrier which is permeable to the drug and saturated therewith during said prolonged period of time, to a body environment or a drug receptor site, the wall comprising a mixture of a polymer which is biologically compatible with said environment or site and maintains its integrity while in contact therewith, has a glass transition temperature between ambient temperature and 150.degree.

Abstract: Intrauterine device with restrictor for maintaining device in uterine cavity having a transverse member and a dependent member connected to the transverse member at a locus on the dependent member with a restrictor on the dependent member for keeping the shape of the device in a resting uterus or a contracting uterus; thereby substantially eliminating the incident of involuntary expulsion from the uterus.