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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Binoy K. Bordoloi, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joseph Zavatsky, Flemington, NJ (US);
Chetan Anirudh Khatri, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Olajompo Moloye-olabisi, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
Binoy K. Bordoloi, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joseph Zavatsky, Flemington, NJ (US);
Chetan Anirudh Khatri, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Olajompo Moloye-Olabisi, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed in one embodiment to a tissue adhesive or sealant composition comprising an electrophilic group containing cross-linking compound having a linker moiety of a diglycolic acid, a water soluble core moiety and an electrophilic group that is covalently bonded to the diglycolic acid linker moiety and a nucleophilic group containing protein. In other embodiments, the present invention is directed to a delivery device or a medical device on which the composition has been applied or incorporated therein. The present invention is also directed to a method for sealing tissue using the tissue adhesive or sealant composition.