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Hydrogel string medical device

US7666339B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 2006
Grant dateFeb 23, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 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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