Hemostatic sponge based on collagen

US6649162B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Baxter Aktiengesellschaft · AT

Inventors

• Wolfgang Biering · Bergen, DE
• Hamza Mansour · Paris, FR
• Guenther Schlag · Wien, AT
• Thomas Seelich · Wien, AT
• Edgar Scheel · Hagen, DE
• Georg Habison · Wien, AT

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 29, 2000
• Grant date: Nov 18, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 29, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S128/22
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a hemostatic sponge based on collagen and an activator or proactivator of blood coagulation homogeneously distributed therein, which is dried and contains a water content of at least 2%, preferably in the range of 2 to 25%, more preferred 10 to 20%, and a method for producing this sponge.