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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2007
Jeoung Soo Lee, Clemson, SC (US);
Charles Kenneth Webb, Clemson, SC (US);
Robert Zimmerman, White Plains, NY (US);
Rafael Ruiz, Sr., Hudson, NC (US);
Jeoung Soo Lee, Clemson, SC (US);
Charles Kenneth Webb, Clemson, SC (US);
Robert Zimmerman, White Plains, NY (US);
Rafael Ruiz, Sr., Hudson, NC (US);
Adhezion Biomedical, LLC, Wyomissing, PA (US);
Abstract
A tissue adhesive including cyanoacrylate and polyethylene glycol (PEG), wherein the PEG remains a polyether and wherein the tissue adhesive is bioabsorbable. A tissue adhesive including cyanoacrylate bulk monomer and cyanoacrylate nanoparticles containing a therapeutic therein. A kit for applying a tissue adhesive, including the tissue adhesive described above and an applicator. Methods of accelerating degradation of a cyanoacrylate tissue adhesive applying a tissue adhesive, closing an internal wound, administering a therapeutic to tissue, treating cancer, and preventing infection in a wound. Methods of method of making a bioabsorbable tissue adhesive and making a therapeutic tissue adhesive.