Tissue adhesive

US4298598A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Immuno Aktiengesellschaft fur chemisch-medizinische Produkte · AT

Inventors

• Otto Schwarz · Waldshut-Tiengen, DE
• Yendra Linnau · Wien, AT
• Franz Loblich · Wien, AT
• Thomas Seelich · Wien, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 4, 1980
• Grant date: Nov 3, 1981
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2000

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L24/106
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A tissue adhesive on the basis of human or animal proteins has a content of factor XIII and fibrinogen, the ratio of factor XIII to fibrinogen, expressed in units of factor XIII per gram of fibrinogen, amounting to at least 80. Furthermore, it contains a plasminogen-activator-inhibitor or plasmin-inhibitor in an amount of 20 to 2,000 KIU per ml.