Abstract: A method of promoting bone healing in a non-diabetic patient in need thereof by locally administering a therapeutically effective amount of insulin to the patient. A drug delivery device, which includes insulin and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the device is adapted for localized administration of insulin to a patient in need thereof is also presented.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 21, 2007
Date of Patent:
July 27, 2010
Assignee:
University of Medicine and Dentistry Of New Jersey
Inventors:
Sheldon Suton Lin, Ankur Gandhi, James Patrick O'Connor, Loay A. Al-Zube, Joseph Benevenia, J. Russell Parsons