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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2011
Ahmad Robert Hadba, Middlefield, CT (US);
Jack Kennedy, Guilford, CT (US);
Sèbastien Ladet, Lyons, FR;
Ahmad Robert Hadba, Middlefield, CT (US);
Jack Kennedy, Guilford, CT (US);
Sèbastien Ladet, Lyons, FR;
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Sofradim Production, , FR;
Abstract
Methods for treating a wound at a surgical target site are provided which includes utilizing a surgical access device having a plurality of reactive members of a specific binding pair releasably contained on a surface of the access device, the reactive members having affinity for binding a cellular component of tissue cells located at the target site; contacting the surface of the access device with the tissue cells, wherein upon contact of the reactive members on the surface of the access device with the tissue cells, the reactive members are released from the surface of the access device and bind to the tissue. A surgical access device for use in the minimally invasive surgery is also provided.