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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2009
Applicants:
Michael A. Carnahan, Durham, NC (US);
Jared D. G. Butlin, Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Michael A. Carnahan, Durham, NC (US);
Jared D. G. Butlin, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
HyperBranch Medical Technology, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 8/72 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One aspect of the present invention relates to methods of sealing a wound or tissue plane or filling a void space, or securing meshes, films or other devices within the body. In certain embodiments, the wound is an ophthalmic, pleural or dural wound, or a hernia repair mesh. Remarkably, disclosed herein is the discovery that the use of certain crosslinkers in combination with polyalkyleneimines at specific concentrations can result in hydrogels with tunable degradation properties.