Resorbable bone wax

US5143730A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien · DE

Inventors

• Johann F. Fues · Grevenbroich, DE
• Wolfgang Ritter · Düsseldorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 1989
• Grant date: Sep 1, 1992
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2430/02
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention is a resorbable, viscous to solid wax for the mechanical staunching of blood on hard body tissue, particularly bones, based on oligomers of glycolic acid and/or lactic acid and derivatives thereof with monofunctional and/or polyfunctional alcohols and/or corresponding carboxylic acids. The new waxes are characterized by containing body-compatible salts of organic and/or inorganic acids which are formed by corresponding reaction of any free carboxyl groups present in the oligomer wax and/or are incorporated in the wax in homogeneous distribution as added salts.