Institut Merieux

Imedex

Sanofi Pasteur Sa

Pasteur Merieux Serums Et Vaccins

Rhone-poulenc Recherches

Imedex Biomateriaux

Societe Anonyme De Developpement Des Utilisations Du Collagene S.a.d.u.c.

Pasteur Merieux Serums and Vaccines

Pasteur Merieux Serums Et Vaccins, Societe Anonyme

Imedex, Societe Anonyme

Michel A Tardy

Jean-Louis Tayot

Philippe Gravagna

Henri Dumas

Jerome Tiollier

Jacques Marescaux

Alain Francon

Paule A Gattel

Jean L Tayot

Olivier Brass

Michel Exertier

Herve Volckmann

Adrien Dromard

Estelle Tinois

J Er Tiollier

Jean-Marc Contzen

Claude Rollin

The invention relates to a method for obtaining viruses from a liquid viral suspension, according to which:

Method for purifying a viral suspension

The present invention relates to a biocompatible collagenous material which is non-toxic and biodegradable in less than one month, preferably in less than one week. This material comprises collagen and at least one hydrophilic macromolecular additive which is chemically non-reactive towards the collagen, with the collagen having at least partially lost its helical structure and being crosslinked. The invention also relates to a process for obtaining such a material. The collagenous material according to the invention is used, in particular, for preventing post-operative adhesions.

Collagenic material useful in particular for preventing post-operative adhesions

Adhesive composition with macromolecular polyaldehyde base and method

Biomaterial based on collagen comprises, intimately associated, a support forming a dermal substitute, said support comprising a layer based on type IV collagen and an epidermal epithelium having differentiated cells obtained by growing epidermal cells on said support.

Biomaterial based on collagen and its application

The invention relates to a biocompatible, bioresorbable and non-toxic adhesive composition for surgical use, for the bonding, in particular, of biological tissues to one another or in an implanted biomaterial, characterized in that it comprises a reactive acidic solution of non-crosslinked and potentially crosslinkable collagen or gelatin modified by oxidative cleavage, at a concentration which is preferably between approximately 5 and 30 by weight. It also relates to reactive acidic solutions and powders based on non-crosslinked collagen or gelatin modified by oxidative cleavage which are used as intermediate products in the preparation of the above-mentioned composition, and to the process for their preparation. It also relates to adhesive kits which comprise, on the one hand, the above-mentioned reactive acidic solution and, on the other hand, a neutralizing solution and which are intended for extemporaneous mixing. Finally it relates to a method of application of the adhesive, composition according to the invention. The invention is particularly useful in the areas of adhesion, haemostasis, leaktightness with respect to liquids or gases, cicatrization, filling, avoiding adhesion in surgery, embolization, as a local system for release of medicamentary active principles, etc.

Biocompatible bioresorbable and non-toxic adhesive composition for

Human or animal placenta is subjected to moderate enzymatic digestion, in particular with pepsin at an acid pH, then, after separation of the residual tissue the impurities are separated at a moderately acid pH, the collagen is precipitated at a neutral pH, redissolved and the residual impurities precipitated at an acid pH. The collagen obtained can be brought back to a neutral pH and dried in the form of fibres. Completely transparent, physiological and hemocompatible gels and solutions can be prepared. Applications for the fabrication of contact lenses and implants.

New preparation of placenta collagen, their extraction method and their

A porous mineral support such as a porous mineral oxide coated with an aminated polysaccharide polymer has cationic characteristics and is capable of reversibly fixing thereto biological macromolecules. This material is employed in the separation and purification of said biologic macromolecules.

Porous mineral support coated with an aminated polysaccharide polymer

A patch for visceral surgery is made from a biomaterial consisting of two layers of collagen superimposed and closely combined, namely a porous adhesive layer of fibrous collagen and a film of collagen and/or gelatin.

Visceral surgery patch

Collagen is submitted to a controlled oxidation by treatment with a solution of periodic acid or of a periodate, notably of sodium. Application to gels, implants, lenses, films, spheres, etc., of collagen.

Process for the treatment of collagen, notably for facilitating its

The process comprises subjecting the hemolyzed blood to a clarification step at a pH of between 4 and 6 in the presence of less than 15% of alcohol, then, after concentration, effecting a chromatography by exchange of anions so as to separate the hemoglobin, the albumin being thereafter eluted. The hemoglobin and the globulins may then be separated out by precipitation with 25% alcohol at a pH of 7. The proteins obtained are in the native state.

Process for preparing the principal proteins of hemolyzed blood in the

The plasma proteins contained in a plasma solution thereof are chromatographically fractioned, e.g., to obtain a high purity therapeutic grade albumin product, by successively contacting said plasma solution with at least one anion exchanger and at least one cation exchanger in fixed bed chromatography columns, the contact and exchange medium of chromatography therein also comprising a plurality of at least partially hydrophobic support particulates and a plurality of hydrophilic ion exchanger support particulates.

Fractionation/purification of plasma by ion exchange chromatography

A porous mineral support such as a porous mineral oxide coated with an aminated polysaccharide polymer has cationic characteristics and is capable of reversibly fixing thereto biological macromolecules. This material is employed in the separation and purification of said biologic maromolecules.

A process for preparing a porous solid material for use in a chromatography column and which is capable of fixing reversibly biological macromolecules comprises coating a porous inorganic support with a polysaccharide polymer having .alpha.-glycol groups which undergo oxidative scission, subjecting the polysaccharide polymer to an oxidative scission reaction, reacting the resulting oxidized polysaccharide polymer with an amino molecule or macromolecule having the formula R'--NH.sub.2 to produce a polysacchride polymer having the formula R.sub.4 --CH.dbd.N--R' and reducing the imine bond in said immediately above defined polysaccharide polymer to a stable amine bond.

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Lyons, France

Michel A Tardy