Method of preventing adhesion between body tissues, means for preventing such adhesion, and process for producing said means
US4886787A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 23, 1986 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08B37/0072
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention is concerned with a method of preventing adhesions or accretions of body tissues inter se by means of employing a degradable gel of a crosslinked carboxyl-containing polysaccharide. The invention also covers a gel product to be used for this purpose, and a process for preparing said product by means of crosslinking with a di- or polyfunctional expoxide at a pH of from 2 to 5.
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