Adhesive compositions for use in surgical therapy

US8173722B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

• Anja Baiker · Wurmlingen, DE
• Claudia Haertel · Wurmlingen, DE
• Erich Odermatt · Schaffhausen, CH
• Gabriel Siedle · Glückstadt, DE
• Thomas Sterk · Singen, DE
• Juergen Wegmann · Stockach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2009
• Grant date: May 8, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 27, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C09J4/00
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An adhesive composition for use in surgical therapy includes at least the following components a) and b): a) a liquid mixture including cyanoactrylate monomers and at least one plasticizer, where the proportion of the at least one plasticizer in component a) is greater than 10% by weight based on the total weight of component a), and b) an aqueous liquid including at least one compound from the group of borate salt, basic amino acid, gelatin and gelatin derivative.