Patent · US Expired

Agents, and methods employing them, for the prevention or reduction of tissue adhesion at a wound site

US6486140B2 · kind B2 · utility

15Cited by

5References

13Claims

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Assignee

S2MEDICAL AB · SE

Inventors

Hans-Arne Hansson · Mölndal, SE
Gunilla Johansson-Rudén · Mölndal, SE
Olle Larm · Bromma, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 1999
Grant date	Nov 26, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 5, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61K31/727
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The use of chitosan and a polysaccharide immobilized thereto selected from heparin, heparan sulphate and dextran sulphate for the manufacture of an agent capable of preventing or substantially reducing undesirable adhesion of damaged tissue with adjacent or surrounding tissues in connection with wound healing; and a process for the use of such agent.

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