Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Asahi Glass Company, Limited

Tetsuo Itoh

Takehisa Matsuda

Hiroo Iwata

Tohru Tani

Teruo Takakura

Shunji Matsunaga

Curable composition

A sheet material, coated with a surgical adhesive comprising an NCO-terminated urethane prepolymer, is used for bonding of tissues, with improved handleability. Surgical instruments, comprising a non-adherent material towards an NCO-terminated urethane prepolymer, are used for application of surgical adhesive. Such instruments, comprising a rod tapered so that the tip can be partly inserted into blood vessel, are suitable for anastomosis of blood vessel.

Surgical adhesive sheet, surgical instruments and methods of using the

Surgical adhesives, comprising an NCO-terminated hydrophilic urethane prepolymer derived from an organic polyisocyanate and a polyol component comprising a polyester polyol derived from an electron-attracting group-containing dicarboxylic acid, such as 2-ketoglutaric acid, are capable of being easily hydrolyzed within a living body after a certain period of time.

Surgical adhesive

Elastomeric or flexible surgical adhesives, comprising (i) a NCO-terminated hydrophilic urethane prepolymer derived from a fluorine-containing polyisocyanate and a hydrophilic polyether polyol of higher oxyethylene content, or a combinatioin of (i) with (ii) an unsaturated cyano compound containing a cyano group directly bonded to a polymerizable double bond, exhibit low toxicity, may be safely used for bonding of tissues and possess a rapid cure rate and sufficient bonding power.

Elastomeric or flexible surgical adhesives, comprising [A] NCO-terminated hydrophilic urethane prepolymer derived from hydrophilic polyether polyol of higher oxyethylene content, or combination of [A] with [B] unsaturated cyano compound containing cyano group attached to a carbon atom constituting the polymerizable double bond, are used for bonding of tissues, with rapid cure rate and sufficient bonding power.

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Shiga, Japan

Tetsuo Itoh