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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Suong-Hyu Hyon, Kyoto, JP;
Naoki Nakajima, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
BMG Inc., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
523111 ; 523118 ; 524539 ; 525411 ; 525412 ; 525415 ; 525450 ;
Abstract
An adhesive composition for surgical use including an .alpha.-cyanoacrylate adhesive composition with a polymer characteristic for biodegrading and bioabsorbing the adhesive into the body of a living organism. It is preferred that the polymer is a co-polymer of DL-lactic acid and .epsilon.-caprolactone or a co-polymer of DL-lactic acid, ethylene glycol and .epsilon.-caprolactone, or a co-polymer of ethylene glycol and .epsilon.-caprolactone.