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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 dateJan 23, 1986
Grant dateDec 12, 1989
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Expiry dateJan 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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