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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2004
John C. Bischof, St. Paul, MN (US);
John D. Belcher, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gregory M. Vercellotti, Stillwater, MN (US);
John C. Bischof, St. Paul, MN (US);
John D. Belcher, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gregory M. Vercellotti, Stillwater, MN (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods, compositions, and systems useful to enhance a thermal surgical procedure are described. Compositions include at least one compound effective to induce an inflammatory response in biological material identified to undergo a thermal surgical procedure. Methods and systems include providing compositions of the invention to biological materials and treating biological materials with an inflammation inducing composition for a time, amount, and type effective to induce inflammation in at least a portion of the biological material.