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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2003
Applicants:
B. Nicholas Oray, Woodbury, MN (US);
Daniel Mooradian, Eagan, MN (US);
Inventors:
B. Nicholas Oray, Woodbury, MN (US);
Daniel Mooradian, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/38 (2006.01); A61K 35/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and composition for preventing surgical adhesions during surgery. Tissue surfaces and/or surgical articles involved in the surgery are separated by a biomaterial provided in the form of a non-crosslinked, decellularized and purified mammalian tissue (e.g. bovine pericardium). The biomaterial effectively inhibits fibrosis, scar formation, and surgical adhesions, while also serving as a scaffold for recellularization of the tissue site.