Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Ingrid A. Beattle
  • Characterization of an antibiotic impregnated delivery system as an intracanal medicament in endodontic therapy and method
    Patent number: 6712610
    Abstract: Endodontic fibers comprising a biocompatible polymer vehicle permeable to medicaments, or combinations of medicaments are described. Such fibers can be used, for example, in a method for the local delivery and sustained release of medicaments to periodontal or intracanal treatment sites. Endodontic fibers described include modified periodontal fibers and intracanal fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignees: Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children, President and Fellow of Harvard College
    Inventors: Mario Abdennour, Philip Stashenko, Michele Scrime, Jack Gilad, Max Goodson