| CPC A61L 27/54 (2013.01) [A61K 31/191 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61L 27/58 (2013.01); A61L 2300/21 (2013.01); A61L 2300/404 (2013.01); A61L 2430/30 (2013.01); A61L 2430/34 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A soft tissue repair implant, comprising:
a polymeric material;
a body portion comprising the polymeric material, wherein the body portion is in the form of a three-dimensional shape, a planar shape, or a combination of a three-dimensional shape and a planar shape, and
at least one of a hydroxybutyrate and a conjugate acid of a hydroxybutyrate in a therapeutically-effective amount for reducing or preventing microbial infection, wherein the at least one of a hydroxybutyrate and a conjugate acid of a hydroxybutyrate is part of the body portion and/or is a component of a coating disposed on the body portion,
wherein the soft tissue repair implant is configured to repair a soft tissue defect, and
wherein the at least one of the hydroxybutyrate or the conjugate acid of the hydroxybutyrate is a monomer that is not covalently bonded to any other species.
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