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Use of self-assembling polypeptides as tissue adhesives

US11273234B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AMSILK GmbH · DE

Inventors

Axel Leimer · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Lin Romer · Ottobrunn, DE
Nathalie Maksimovikj · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 11, 2019
Grant date	Mar 15, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 11, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61L2300/606
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to a self-assembling polypeptide, such as a spider silk polypeptide, for use as a coating material to form a uniform coating around an implant for the purpose of reducing or preventing capsular fibrosis associated with the use of such an implant in the human body.

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