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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Inventors:
Jie Wen, St. Johns, FL (US);
Denise E. Guenther, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Dana A. Oliver, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Assignee:
MEDTRONIC XOMED, INC., Jacksonville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 26/00 (2006.01); C08B 37/08 (2006.01); B65B 55/08 (2006.01); B65B 63/08 (2006.01); C08J 3/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 26/008 (2013.01); A61L 26/0023 (2013.01); A61L 26/0076 (2013.01); B65B 55/08 (2013.01); B65B 63/08 (2013.01); C08B 37/003 (2013.01); C08J 3/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A purified and sterilized polysaccharide that exhibits enhanced and extended shelf life over conventionally prepared polysaccharides for biomedical applications. The polysaccharide, upon crosslinking, forms a hydrogel that functions as a protective coating or on tissue and structures in the ears, nose, throat, limbs and spinal column.