Hydrogel string medical device
US7666339B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 3, 2006 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/2913
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A hydrogel string that is useful as a medical device and a method for forming a hydrogel string that utilizes a delivery device in which gelation of a prepolymer is initiated to form a hydrogel, which is then extruded from the device as the hydrogel string.
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