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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald K Yamamoto, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert E Short, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Point Medical Corporation, San Carlos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424426 ; 424463 ; 424423 ; 424452 ; 128898 ;
Abstract
Flowable polymeric microparticulate surgical adhesive formulations are provided which can be activated at the site of the repair to produce a cohesive material with tissue bonding properties to adjacent tissues. The formulation may be activated at the site of repair by mechanical shear forces, heat, ultrasound, UV, or other forms of energy directed at the site.