Patents by Inventor Derek Kelaita

Derek Kelaita has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ANTIBIOTIC IMREGNATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS AS AN INTRACANAL MEDICAMENT IN ENDODONTIC THERAPY
    Publication number: 20120021384
    Abstract: Endodontic fibers comprising a biocompatible polymer vehicle permeable to medicaments, or combinations of medicaments, wherein the biocompatible polymer vehicle comprises one or more biocompatible and/or biodegradable polymers 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 periodontal fibers and intracanal fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Philip P. Stashenko, Douglas A. Bakan, Derek Kelaita, Robert Bruce Rutherford