Adhesive for the gluing of biological tissues

US6613324B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company · US

Inventors

• Birger Blomback · Stockholm, SE
• Birgit Hessel · Sundbyberg, SE
• Per Olsson · Strömsund, SE
• Lennart Strömberg · Stockholm, SE
• Jesper Swedenborg · Djursholm, SE
• Kurt Stocker · Aesch, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 1996
• Grant date: Sep 2, 2003
• Expiry date: May 17, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2300/45
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed is an adhesive for gluing of biological tissue, in particular human body tissue. The adhesive contains fibrinogen, a substance capable of supplying calcium ions, blood-coagulating factor XIIIa and, as a fibrinogen-splitting substance, a snake-venom enzyme.