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Starch derivatives

US4053379A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 10, 1975
Grant dateOct 11, 1977
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Expiry dateOct 10, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08B31/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Starch, in a form so it is absorbable by body tissues and especially suitable for use as a medical dusting powder or lubricant for surgical gloves, is obtained by treating a substituted polysaccharide such as etherified vegetable starch with an acid or alkaline material and heating until it has a reducing power of at least 15 R.sub.Cu units, and then optionally is sterilized with gamma-irradiation thereby raising the reducing power to at least 65 R.sub.Cu units.

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