Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the defects of the prior art and meet the requirement of completely covering the inner wall of the uterine cavity to achieve adhesion prevention and meanwhile, a drug delivery device which can firstly absorb filled drugs and then slowly release the drugs to achieve an effective treatment effect is successfully developed by the research team of the invention, the invention discloses a self-expanding uterine cavity anti-adhesion restorer which is similar to a uterine shape and can completely cover the wound surface of the inner wall of the uterus, after an inner core membrane of the restorer absorbs water and expands, the volume expansion is more than 10 times of the self weight, the uterus can be completely propped open and kept for 7-15 days, a micro-nano fiber membrane envelope made of degradable polyurethane materials is pasted on the wound surface of the inner wall of the uterus, the wound surface of the middle inner wall is completely covered, the wound surface healing can be promoted, the formation of endometrial scar tissues is reduced, and the pain of a patient caused by uterine contraction is relieved; for patients needing to be treated by infusing the medicine into the uterine cavity, the restorer can firstly absorb the filled medicine and then slowly release the medicine so as to achieve the effective treatment dose.
The invention provides a self-expanding uterine cavity anti-adhesion restorer which is composed of an outer-layer envelope made of degradable micro-nano fiber membranes and an inner core membrane made of a high polymer material capable of swelling by absorbing water, wherein the inner core membrane is sealed in the outer-layer envelope, and the self-expanding uterine cavity anti-adhesion restorer is in a uterus shape, is 30-70mm long, 30-65mm wide and 0.1-2mm thick.
The outer layer coating is a micro-nano fiber membrane, the fiber diameter range of the micro-nano fiber membrane is 10nm-5um, and the selected material is an absorbable polymer material; the size of the inner core membrane is smaller than that of the outer envelope, the shape is uterus shape, trapezoid shape, ellipse shape or other special shapes, the length is 10mm-60mm, the width is 10-55mm, the thickness is 0.1mm-2mm, and the inner core membrane can absorb liquid which is 10 times of the self weight and can prop open the outer envelope.
The self-expanding uterine cavity anti-adhesion restorer provided by the invention is characterized in that the degradable micro-nano fiber membrane material is one or two of degradable polyurethane, absorbable polyester, absorbable polyether and absorbable polyamino acid;
further, it is selected from absorbable polyesters such as polyglycolide, copolymers of polylactide and polyglycolide, polycaprolactone-glycolide, and degradable polyurethanes, specifically including PLGA (LA: GA = 1) and PLGA ring-opened by polyethylene glycol, polylactic acid (PLGA) polymers in which polyethylene glycol (PEG 200, 400, 600, 1000) ring-opened, PEG: LA: the GA comprises the following components in percentage by mass: 1, 10-5000;
wherein the degradable polyurethane comprises one or two of polylysine PU, PU material which takes polymer diol synthesized by taking CL, PDO, LA and GA as main raw materials as soft segment and takes lysine diisocyanate as hard segment, PU material which takes lysine diisocyanate to crosslink polylysine, PU material which takes natural polymer carboxymethyl cellulose or hyaluronic acid as soft segment and takes lysine diisocyanate as hard segment, or the combination of the two;
the degradable polyurethane is preferably polyester polyurethane, and specifically comprises polylysine PU, a PU material which takes polymer diol synthesized by taking CL, PDO, LA and GA as main raw materials as a soft segment and takes Lysine Diisocyanate (LDI) as a hard segment, and degradable polyurethane which takes caprolactone polymer diol ring-opened by polyethylene glycol (PEG 200, 400, 600 and 1000) and LDI as hard ends.
Further, the degradable polyurethane is preferably characterized by a polyurethane in which the polymer diol selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol (PEG 200, 400, 600, 1000), caprolactone (CL) ring-opened by small molecule diol, PDO, LA, GA is soft-ended, LDI and chain extender is hard-ended.
Further, the degradable polyurethane is preferably characterized by being a degradable polyurethane terminated with an amino acid or a derivative thereof or a polypeptide, wherein the polymer diol selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol (PEG 200, 400, 600, 1000), caprolactone (CL) opened by small molecule diol, PDO, LA, GA is soft-ended, LDI and chain extender are hard-ended.
The chain extender is selected from one or more of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butanediol, pentanediol, butanediamine, pentanediamine, hydroxyprogenic acid (methyl ester/ethyl ester), arginine (methyl ester/ethyl ester), cysteine (methyl ester/ethyl ester), cystine (methyl ester/ethyl ester), serine (methyl ester/ethyl ester), glutamic acid (methyl ester/ethyl ester), threonine (methyl ester/ethyl ester), aspartic acid (methyl ester/ethyl ester), tyrosine (methyl ester/ethyl ester), lysine (methyl ester/ethyl ester), arginine (methyl ester/ethyl ester) and diamine-like compounds, wherein the diamine-like compounds are synthesized by ester bonds after esterification reaction of two molecules of amino acid (one of 20 common amino acids) and one molecule of ethylene glycol or 1 and 3 propylene glycol, such as: the compound which is obtained by esterification reaction of two molecules of phenylalanine and one molecule of 1 and 3 propanediol and is connected by two ester bonds and has two active amino groups is as follows:
wherein the blocked amino acid or its derivative is selected from one or two of hydroxyprogenic acid (methyl ester/ethyl ester), arginine (methyl ester/ethyl ester), cysteine (methyl ester/ethyl ester), cystine (methyl ester/ethyl ester), serine (methyl ester/ethyl ester), glutamic acid (methyl ester/ethyl ester), threonine (methyl ester/ethyl ester), aspartic acid (methyl ester/ethyl ester), tyrosine (methyl ester/ethyl ester) and lysine (methyl ester/ethyl ester);
wherein the blocked polypeptide is selected from one or more of amino acids or derivatives thereof selected from lysine or lysine ethyl ester/methyl ester, arginine or arginine ethyl ester/methyl ester, histidine or histidine ethyl ester/methyl ester, collagen tripeptide or collagen tripeptide ethyl ester/methyl ester, fibronectin RGD, laminin or its ethyl ester/methyl ester, affinity TGF-beta 1 polypeptide, bone marrow homing polypeptide, osteogenic growth polypeptide, laminin sequence, nerve stem cell surface molecule capable of being combined, osteoblast adhesion molecule and VEGF.
In the degradable polyurethane, a small amount of catalyst (0.01 wt% -0.03wt% of the total amount) such as organotin and organobismuth is added in the material synthesis process, and the catalyst with low toxicity is preferably selected, such as: stannous octoate, dibutyltin diacetate, dibutyltin dilaurate, MB20 and DY-20 or a combination of two of the two.
The organic solvent for dissolving and degrading the polyurethane to prepare the micro-nano fiber membrane is selected from one or a combination of more than two of DMF, DMSO, tetrahydrofuran, ethanol, isopropanol, n-butanol, acetone, butanone, cyclohexanone, isoamyl acetate, ethyl acetate, dichloromethane, trichloromethane, 1, 4-dioxane or hexafluoroisopropanol.
The self-expanding uterine cavity anti-adhesion restorer provided by the invention is characterized in that the inner core membrane is made of a high-water-absorptivity degradable polymer material, specifically comprises alginate, modified alginate and alginate degraded into hexosamine and N-acetylglucosamine, a high-molecular antibacterial water-absorbing material, polyamino acid, chitosan, polylysine PU, polyvinyl alcohol, carbomer, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, sodium hyaluronate, zinc hyaluronate, collagen, organic silicon, polypeptides, amino acid and one or two of various anti-inflammatory drugs.
Further, the inner core membrane is selected from sodium hyaluronate, specifically one or a mixture of a certain proportion of cross-linked sodium hyaluronate and sodium hyaluronate is selected, wherein the cross-linked sodium hyaluronate can be cross-linked sodium hyaluronate gel obtained by a cross-linking mode disclosed in BDDE or DVS or documents, and the viscosity average molecular weight of non-cross-linked high-molecular sodium hyaluronate is more than 100 ten thousand.
More preferably, the weight ratio of the cross-linked sodium hyaluronate to the non-cross-linked high-molecular sodium hyaluronate is 1: 0.1-10;
more preferably, the weight ratio of the cross-linked sodium hyaluronate to the non-cross-linked high-molecular sodium hyaluronate is 1: 0.2-1.
The self-expanding uterine cavity anti-adhesion repairing device provided by the invention can be added with active compounds in the outer degradable micro-nano fiber membrane or the inner core membrane, and specifically comprises the following components: anti-infective drug, growth factor for promoting skin growth, vascular endothelial growth factor, collagen, polypeptide, amino acid, chondroitin sulfate, heparin, small molecule drug with biological anti-inflammatory activity, active component for promoting wound healing, drug for treating uterus diseases, and contraceptive drug.
The self-expanding uterine cavity anti-adhesion repair device is used for postoperative spun-bonded connection or perfusion administration, can be placed in a syringe and pushed into a uterine cavity, and can also be placed after being clamped by a special clamp for a doctor.
Further, the preparation material of the degradable micro-nano fiber membrane also comprises a high molecular material for promoting wound healing and a small molecular drug with biological anti-inflammatory activity, wherein the anti-inflammatory drug specifically comprises an antibacterial anti-inflammatory drug, and the current clinical common materials mainly comprise the following types: antibiotics, sulfonamides, metronidazole, antifungal and Chinese patent medicine. Such as beta-lactam antibiotics: 1. penicillin antibiotics such as penicillin G, penicillin V, procaine penicillin, amoxicillin, ampicillin, mezlocillin, carbenicillin, imipenem (tylon), meropenem, and panipenem; 2. cephalosporin antibiotics: such as cephalexin (pioneer 4), cefazolin sodium (pioneer 5), cephradine (pioneer 6), cefadroxil, ceftriaxone sodium (Junbizhi); 3. hydrocarbon and penems such as imipenem; 4. monocyclic antibiotics such as aztreonam; fluoroquinolone antibiotic drugs such as ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, norfloxacin, levofloxacin hydrochloride, gatifloxacin; 5. macrolide antibiotics: such as roxithromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin; 6. aminoglycoside antibiotics: gentamicin, amikacin, micronomicin; 7. other antibiotics, and the like, and also Chinese patent medicines such as: yunnan Baiyao, sanjin tablet active ingredients commonly used for anti-infection, shuanghuanglian oral liquid commonly used for upper respiratory infection and injection thereof, lianpu Shuangqing tablet active ingredients, bezoar antitoxic pill (tablet) active ingredients, andrographis paniculata tablet active ingredients, yinhuang capsule active ingredients, yankening capsule active ingredients and the like.
The polypeptide or protein active ingredients for promoting wound healing comprise Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) transforming growth factor beta superfamily (TGF), fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF) and the like.
One of the purposes of the invention is to design a degradable self-expandable uterine cavity anti-adhesion repair device capable of rapidly repairing the wound surface of a uterine cavity.
The anti-adhesion restorer consists of an outer-layer coating film made of a degradable micro-nano fibrous membrane and an inner-core membrane made of a water-swellable absorbable high-molecular material, and is in a uterus-like shape, the inner-core membrane is sealed in the outer-layer coating film, the outer-layer coating film (marked 1 in figure 1) is in a uterus shape (shown in figure 1) made of the micro-nano fibrous membrane, the diameter range of fibers of the micro-nano fibrous membrane is 10nm-10um, the length is 30-70mm, the width is 30-65mm, the thickness range is 0.01mm-0.5mm, and the selected material is a degradable high-molecular material, preferably a degradable polyurethane material; the size of the inner core membrane (marked 2 in figure 1) is smaller than that of the outer layer envelope, the inner core membrane is sealed by two layers of micro-nano fiber membranes, the thickness of the inner core membrane is 0.1-2mm, the liquid absorption multiple is more than 10 times of the self weight, and the degradable polyurethane micro-nano fiber membranes have the effect of inducing the rapid repair of the intrauterine membrane.
The second purpose of the invention is to provide a preparation method of a degradable self-expanding uterine cavity anti-adhesion repairing device which can be industrialized
Usually, the advancing speed of electrostatic spinning of the nano-fiber is 0.2-4mm/h, the diameter of the obtained nano-fiber is about 200-500nm, the production efficiency of the spinning speed is too low to meet the requirement of the cost performance of an industrial product, therefore, the research and development team of the invention tests the micro-nano fiber membrane obtained at different advancing speeds, and finally screens the micro-nano fiber membrane with the fiber diameter range of 0.1-5 um (an electron microscope photo is shown in figure 4) as the outer layer envelope of the restorer of the invention, and the performance requirement of the outer layer membrane of the uterine cavity anti-adhesion restorer of the invention can be met through the test, because the advancing speed is improved to 10-30mm/h, the spinning efficiency is greatly improved, the requirement of the industrial product cost performance can be met, and the specific preparation method is exemplified as follows;
(1) Dissolving degradable polyurethane material or PLGA in a mixed solution of chloroform and DMF to prepare a solution with the concentration of 10-15%;
(2) Adopting an electrostatic spinning process, wherein the spinning speed is 10-30mm/h, the voltage is 15-30V, and the receiving distance is 15-20cm, so as to prepare a degradable micro-nano fiber membrane with the fiber diameter of 0.1-5 um and the thickness of 0.02-0.2 mm;
(3) Cutting the mixed membrane of the cross-linked sodium hyaluronate and the high-molecular non-cross-linked sodium hyaluronate into a size smaller than that of the outer coating;
(4) And (3) wrapping the sodium hyaluronate membrane in the step (2) in the micro-nano fibrous membrane, and cutting, heating and sealing the edges by using a die to obtain a product similar to the uterus.
The third purpose of the invention is to provide a slow-release administration device for the infusion administration in the uterine cavity
The intrauterine infusion administration is a common treatment method for improving the embryo implantation success rate and chronic intrauterine inflammation, but no administration device capable of absorbing the medicament to form a medicament storage and slowly releasing is available in the market, and the intrauterine infusion treatment can be only adopted for multiple times in clinic, so that the clinical cost and the pain of patients are greatly increased.
The restorer developed by the invention can absorb liquid more than 10 times of the self weight, can meet the absorption of most medicaments with 4 times of administration dosage, forms a medicament storage, and can achieve the clinical expectation of one-time perfusion and slow release about one month.
The using method comprises the following steps: for a patient needing treatment, medicines with treatment dosage of more than 4 times are filled into a uterine cavity, the repairing device is placed into the repairing device, the repairing device absorbs liquid medicine in the uterine cavity to expand, the medicines are sucked into the inner core membrane to form a medicine storage, gel of the inner core membrane slowly seeps out of gaps of the outer layer micro-nano fiber membrane, meanwhile, the gel slowly leaks out in the degradation process of the outer layer micro-nano fiber membrane, and the medicines are released along with the seepage of the gel, so that the effect of continuous administration of the uterine cavity is achieved, and the repairing device is a drug administration device with great clinical potential.
The beneficial effects of the prosthetic device of the invention are summarized as follows:
1. the restorer comprises an outer layer envelope made of degradable micro-nano fiber membrane and an inner core membrane made of water-swellable high polymer material, wherein the inner core membrane is sealed in the outer layer envelope, and the restorer is in the shape of uterus (shown in figure 1), and has a length of 30-70mm, a width of 30-65mm and a thickness of 0.1-2mm.
2. According to the uterine cavity anti-adhesion restorer, the inner core membrane can absorb liquid more than 10 times of the self weight, the restorer expands to the size of a uterus after absorbing the liquid, the micro-nano fibrous membrane which props the outer layer is closely attached to the surface of a uterine cavity wound, micro-adhesion formed in the contraction process of the surface of the uterine cavity wound is effectively prevented, and therefore the formation of endometrial scar tissues is inhibited, uterine contraction can be effectively inhibited, and pain of a patient is relieved.
3. After the inner core membrane absorbs water and expands, the micro-nano fiber outer layer coating completely covers the inner wall of the uterus to form a wound surface protection film, so that a healing environment of the wet dressing is formed, and the repair of the wound surface is promoted.
4. For the patient needing to be infused for treatment, the treatment medicine can be infused into the uterine cavity, and then the restorer of the invention is put into the uterine cavity, the restorer can absorb the medicine in the uterine cavity and expand to the size of the uterus to form a slow-release medicine storage bank, the medicine is slowly released in the process of gel exudation, and the effective medicine concentration is maintained, thereby the effective local treatment is carried out on the uterine cavity diseases.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the following detailed description is given with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
As shown in fig. 1-3, the invention provides an anti-adhesion restorer which is composed of anouter layer envelope 1 made of degradable micro-nano fibrous membranes and aninner core membrane 2 made of absorbable polymer materials capable of swelling by absorbing water, the inner core membrane is sealed in the outer layer envelope, wherein theouter layer envelope 1 is in the shape of a uterus made of the micro-nano fibrous membranes, the diameter range of the micro-nano fibrous membranes is 10nm-10um, the length is 30-70mm, the width is 30-65mm, the thickness range is 0.01mm-0.5mm, and the selected materials are degradable polymer materials, preferably degradable polyurethane materials; the size of theinner core membrane 2 is smaller than that of the outer layer envelope, the inner core membrane is sealed by the two layers of micro-nano fiber membranes, the thickness of the inner core membrane is 0.1-2mm, the multiple of absorbed liquid is more than 10 times of the self weight, and the degradable polyurethane micro-nano fiber membranes have the effect of inducing the rapid repair of the intrauterine membrane.
Example one, selecting different biodegradable materials to screen micro-nano fiber membrane degraded in 7-15 days
The degradable biological material is provided by Zhuhairui spreading biological material company Limited, the soft end and the molecular weight are shown as the following chart, LDI and 1, 3 propylene glycol are adopted in the hard end, the number average molecular weight (Mn) is between 7-8 ten thousand, a mixed solvent of chloroform and DMSO is used for preparing a 12.5% solution, an electrostatic spinning process is adopted, a micro-nano fiber film with the thickness of 0.05mm is obtained under the process conditions of voltage 25V, spinning speed of 10mm/h and receiving distance of 20cm, the degradable polyurethane main structure and the micro-nano fiber film for preparing the micro-nano fiber film are soaked in physiological saline at 37 ℃ for 5-20 days, and the test phenomenon is observed and shown as the following table:
| weaving machineNumber (C) | Material | Soft segment | Soft end pointQuantum of | Mn | Soaking 5Sky | Soaking for 10 days | Soaking for 15 days | Soaking for 20 days |
| 1 | Hydroxyl-terminated polyurethanesEsters | PEG400 initiated CL | 1500 | 7.2 | Complete (complete) | Without obvious changeTransforming | Complete soft and soak solutionBecome turbid | Complete softness, thinness and flocculentArticle (A) |
| 2 | Capping with arginine ethyl esterOf (2) a polyurethane | PEG400 initiated CL | 1500 | 7.4 | Complete (complete) | Without obvious changeTransforming | Complete soft and soak solutionBecome turbid | Wholly soft, thin and flocculentArticle (A) |
| 3 | Collagen tripeptide terminationOf (2) a polyurethane | PEG400 initiated CL | 1500 | 7.7 | Complete (complete) | Without obvious changeTransforming | Complete softening and soaking liquidBecome turbid | Wholly soft, thin, flocculentArticle (A) |
| 4 | Hydroxyl-terminated polyurethanesEsters | PEG400 initiated PDO | 1500 | 7.5 | Is complete,Become turbidTurbidity to the body | Has a flocculent shapeMaterial and film softSoft | Broken into slag | Into turbid liquid |
| 5 | Hydroxyl-terminated polyurethanesEsters | PEG400 initiated GA | 1500 | 8.0 | Complete (complete) | With flocculent shapeObject and film changeHard | Broken into slag | Into turbid liquid |
| 6 | PLGA(LA:GA=7:3) | - | - | 7 | Complete (complete) | Has a flocculent shapeObject and film changeHard | Become hard and split into a plurality of pieces | Into turbid liquid |
| 7 | PPDO | - | - | 7.5 | Complete (complete) | Has a flocculent shapeObject, film crackBecome several pieces | Cracked into slag | Into turbid liquid |
In conclusion, the degradable polyurethane micro-nano fiber films with thenumbers 1, 2 and 3 are obviously degraded within about 15 days, the micro-nano fiber film with the number 4 is degraded within 5 days, and PLGA and PPDO show fragmentation type disintegration. The treatment of the uterine cavity chronic disease usually needs to maintain a medicament reaching a therapeutic dose in the uterine cavity for 7-15 days, the micro-nano fiber membrane should be kept complete within 7 days, the medicament is slowly released along with the slow seepage of non-crosslinked gel, the micro-nano fiber membrane starts to degrade after 7 days, the medicament is slowly released from the membrane along with the seepage of the crosslinked gel, the micro-nano fiber membrane is broken after 15 days, the medicament and the gel are discharged from the uterine cavity, and an ideal medicament releasing device should be the mutual synergy of the degradation of the micro-nano fiber membrane and the seepage of the medicament storage gel, so that the micro-nano fiber membrane is prepared by selecting the mixed materials with thenumbers 1, 2, 3 and 4, and simultaneously, the influence of the proportion of the crosslinked sodium hyaluronate and the non-crosslinked sodium hyaluronate on the medicament releasing speed is very important.
EXAMPLE II preparation method of self-expanding uterine cavity anti-adhesion prosthesis
(1) Dissolving degradable polyurethane (numbers 2 and 4 in different weight ratios in example I, weight ratio shown in example three lists) in a chloroform DMSO mixed solvent to prepare a 12% solution, and obtaining a micro-nano fiber membrane with the thickness of 0.06mm by adopting an electrostatic spinning technology under the process conditions of voltage 25V, spinning speed 15mm/h and receiving distance of 20 cm;
(2) A mixed gel sheet of cross-linked sodium hyaluronate (swelling degree greater than 40) and sodium hyaluronate (viscosity average molecular weight 200 ten thousand) (weight ratio =1 and 12 );
(3) And (3) wrapping the micro-nano fiber film prepared in the step (1) with the cross-linked sodium hyaluronate film prepared in the step (2), cutting and thermally sealing by using a die, wherein the cross-linked sodium hyaluronate film is in the shape shown in the figure (1), and the product numbers are A, B, C and D, and the size is 5.5 multiplied by 6.5cm.
Example three: the samples A, B, C and D prepared in the second example are placed in clindamycin hydrochloride injection, and then the release behaviors of the samples are researched
Mixing 4 pieces of clindamycin hydrochloride injection (5ml,the absorbed injection is about 15mL, the prosthesis is expanded as shown in a figure (3), 4 mL of each solution is precisely measured at preset time intervals (1 day, 5 days, 10 days and 15 days), meanwhile, equal volume of water for injection is supplemented, the solution is taken out and centrifuged for 10 min at the rotating speed of 10000 r/min, after centrifugation is finished, supernate is taken as a test solution and is measured by HPLC, the drug release amount (unit: g) is calculated, a release curve is drawn and shown in a figure 5, and the sample number, the proportion and the drug release condition are shown in the following table:
| repairing device | Example I weight ratio of No. 2 to No. 4PU | Weight ratio of crosslinked sodium hyaluronate tosodium hyaluronate | 1 day | 5 days | 10days | 15 days |
| A | 2:1 | 1:1 | 0.60 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 0.45 |
| B | 2:1 | 1:2 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 0.51 | 0.1 |
| C | 1:1 | 1:1 | 0.65 | 0.50 | 0.63 | 0.56 |
| D | 1:2 | 1:1 | 0.57 | 0.71 | 0.86 | 0.20 |
The result shows that the gel in the restorers A, B, C and D is basically and completely leaked from the micro-nano fiber envelope within 15 days, the medicine is nearly completely released, the medicine release curve is shown in figure 5, the restorer A and C are relatively stable in medicine release speed, the restorer B is suddenly released, the analysis reason may be that the medicine is released too fast due to the overhigh proportion of non-crosslinked sodium hyaluronate, the restorer D is basically and completely released at the 10 th day, and the analysis reason may be that the degradation speed of polyurethane with the structure of No. 4 is overhigh, the gel is leaked, therefore, the crosslinked sodium hyaluronate is selected: the weight ratio of the non-crosslinked sodium hyaluronate is more than or equal to 1, and the polyurethane with the structure of the number 2: the weight ratio of the polyurethane with the structure of No. 4 is more than or equal to 1, and the medicine release within 15 days is ideal.
While the foregoing is directed to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.