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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christian Gagnieu, Chassieu, FR;
Assignee:
Flamel Technologies, Venissieux Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ; A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530356 ; 106124 ; 106125 ; 602 42 ; 602 43 ; 602 48 ; 602 50 ; 424443 ; 424444 ; 424445 ; 424484 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a crosslinkable modified collagen which is soluble in water and/or in aprotic polar organic solvents and which contains free or substituted thiol groups carried by residues of cysteine or derivatives thereof, at least some of the residues being fixed to the collagen via spacer compounds. It further relates to processes for the production of the collagen. Applications are adhesives, biomaterials for prostheses, implants, or other medical articles.