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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183428 | Treatment or prevention of scars and/or keloids Devices, bandages, kits and methods are described that can control or regulate the mechanical environment of a wound to ameliorate scar and/or keloid formation. The mechanical environment of a wound includes stress, strain, and any combination of stress and strain. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8168850 | Methods for the treatment or prevention of scars and/or keloids Devices, bandages, kits and methods are described that can control or regulate the mechanical environment of a wound to ameliorate scar and/or keloid formation. The mechanical environment of a wound includes stress, strain, and any combination of stress and strain. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8115048 | Treatment or prevention of scars and/or keloids Devices, bandages, kits and methods are described that can control or regulate the mechanical environment of a wound to ameliorate scar and/or keloid formation. The mechanical environment of a wound includes stress, strain, and any combination of stress and strain. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7683234 | Devices and bandages for the treatment or prevention of scars and/or keloids and methods and kits therefor Devices, bandages, kits and methods are described that can control or regulate the mechanical environment of a wound to ameliorate scar and/or keloid formation. The mechanical environment of a wound includes stress, strain, and any combination of stress and strain. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7335376 | Method for photodynamic therapy and applicator for carrying out said therapy The present invention relates to medicine, more concretely to photodynamic therapy, and may be used in oncology and dermatology. A method is proposed for photodynamic therapy of pathological surface formations, which comprises sensitizing a surface of the pat... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7316705 | Adhesive including medicament and device and method for applying same The present invention provides a device and method for safely applying cyanoacrylate or other adhesives to skin lacerations. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7232427 | Jugular and subclavian access site dressing, anchoring system and method A system adapted to tend a jugular or subclavian catheter and connecting tubing includes a jugular and subclavian access site dressing and a medical tubing anchor. The dressing is adapted to protect and cover a catheter access site and the catheter. The medical tubi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226611 | Glycosaminoglycan/collagen complexes and use thereof The present invention is intended to offer a novel material which combines cell-adhesive proteins such as collagen with GAG polymers to construct an environment similar to an extracellular matrix, capable of controlling differentiation and proliferation of cells. Th... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7094418 | Crosslinkable macromers A crosslinkable macromer system and related methods of preparing the system and using the system in the form of a crosslinked matrix between a tissue site and an implant article such as a tissue implant or on the porous surface of a prosthetic device. The macromer s... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7060103 | Tissue repair fabric A prosthesis, which, when implanted into a mammalian patient, serves as a functioning replacement for a body part, or tissue structure, and will undergo controlled biodegradation occurring concomitantly with bioremodeling by the patients living cells. The prosthesis... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052052 | Sealing gasket for a clamp A device for sealing a lap joint between two conduits is disclosed herein. The device includes a band clamp. The device also includes a packet or other type of container secured to the band clamp. The packet contains a sealant which moves or flows to void areas betw... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7011640 | Orthopedic brace having a vacuum chamber and associated methods The vacuum orthopedic brace and method include the use of an inner sleeve or liner, first and second cuffs, and a hinge connecting the cuffs. The cuffs includes a fabric liner or other porous material to act as a wick, and a gasket surrounding the wick material. A v... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011093 | Microencapsulated fragrances and methods of coating microcapsules Nasal dilators and strips, methods of their manufacture, and methods for improving the breathing of individuals are provided. The strips and dilators include an elongated substrate, with or without a dilating component or portion, having top and bottom surfaces and ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001551 | Method of forming a composite bone material implant A method of forming a bone composite, comprising: providing bone tissue; grinding said bone tissue to form ground tissue; molding the ground bone tissue into a bone composite; applying a binder to the bone composite; applying a vacuum to the mold, and optionally mil... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6916909 | Collagen peptides modified by grafting mercapto functions, method for the production thereof and uses thereof as biomaterials The invention relates to novel collagen peptides that are modified by grafting free or substitued thiol functions carried by mercaptoamine radicals. The aim of the invention is to provide thiol collagens that can be cross-linked in a sufficient and controlled manner... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6790438 | Cross-linked collagenic peptide for preventing post-surgical adhesions The aim of the invention is to provide a modified collagen peptide for preventing post-operative adhesions that is non-toxic, economic, in addition to being easy to obtain, sterilize, manipulate and implement, having controlled biodegradability and presenting a suff... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6582713 | Compositions and methods for promoting wound healing The present invention provides methods and compositions for promoting wound healing and reducing scar formation. In particular, the present invention provides cyanoacrylate polymer sealants formulated to contain biologically active elemental silver and/or... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6410044 | Crosslinkable macromers A crosslinkable macromer system and related methods of preparing the system and using the system in the form of a crosslinked matrix between a tissue site and an implant article such as a tissue implant or on the porous surface of a prosthetic device. The... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6326025 | Tissue reactive adhesive compositions The present invention is directed to a biocompatible tissue reactive composition comprising a functionalized polymer having tissue reactive substituents that are capable of forming covalent bonds with tissue associated functional groups.... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6198016 | Wet skin adhesive article The present invention provides an adhesive article that includes a backing substrate and a discontinuous adhesive layer disposed thereon, wherein the backing substrate comprises a fibrous web and absorbent particulate material, and further wherein the art... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6150581 | Chitosan/alginate anti-adhesion barrier Chitosan/alginate post-surgical anti-adhesion barriers, methods of preventing post-surgical adhesions, and methods and devices for forming post-surgical anti-adhesion barriers are provided. An aqueous solution of chitosan and a complexing agent, and an aq... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6143946 | Therapeutic mat A therapeutic mat for application to a person includes a relatively elastic substrate of a predetermined size, a hydrogel substance connected to the elastic substrate, and a plurality of microcrystals dispersed throughout the hydrogel substance. The thera... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6043407 | Debridement pad A debridement pad is provided having fibrinolysin enzyme, desoxyribonuclease enzyme and cellulosic material in the form of a lyophilized sponge-like pad. Placement of the pad over an open wound produces a gel which has a protective effect and which releas... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6040251 | Garments of barrier webs The present invention includes novel barrier webs that have certain desirable physical qualities such as water resistance, increased durability, improved barrier qualities and the like. The present invention further comprises a barrier web comprising a we... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5997895 | Dural/meningeal repair product using collagen matrix Dural substitutes are provided, which include collagen treated and/or prepared to be physiologically compatible and substantially free of active viruses and prions. Suitable forms for the dural substitutes include a sponge, a film, a non-woven matrix, a f... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5957877 | Methods for draping surgical sites using peripheral cyanoacrylate drapes Disclosed are methods for draping a surgical site prior to surgery. Specifically, the methods of this invention involve the in situ formation of a cyanoacrylate polymeric drape on the skin surface of a patient peripheral to the surgical site. Surgery is t... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5856245 | Articles of barrier webs A barrier web comprising a fabric that has been treated with a curable shear thinned thixotropic polymer composition, the fabric being adapted to be substantially impermeable to liquids, permeable to gases and impermeable to microorganisms. The barrier we... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5763579 | Collagen derivatives, process for producing them and their application to the preparation of biomaterials The present invention relates to a modified collagen which is soluble in water and/or in aprotic polar organic solvents and which comprises free or substituted thiol functional groups carried by residues of cysteine or its derivatives, the residues being,... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5735812 | Water soluble wound dressing materials The invention provides water soluble wound dressing materials comprising from 5% to 50% of an alginate ester of a C1 -C6 polyhydric alcohol; from 50% to 95% of a humectant consisting of one or more C1 -C6 monohy... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5681579 | Polymeric support wound dressing In accordance with the present invention a novel wound dressing providing superior absorption and preventing leakage is disclosed. The present dressing comprises a hydrocolloid-containing polymeric support layer either continuous or non-continuous and an ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5681580 | Patch-type device for iontophoretic transdermal delivery of insulin The present invention is a patch-type device for iontophoretic transdermal medication of insulin of one-piece form having a container for holding gel-like insulin and a power supply for furnishing insulin with electricity. A patch plate, formed with an em... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5662925 | Transdermal delivery system with adhesive overlay and peel seal disc A device for administering an active agent to the skin or mucosa of an individual comprising a laminated composite of an adhesive overlay, a backing layer underlying the central portion of the adhesive overlay, an active agent-permeable membrane, the back... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5580923 | Anti-adhesion films and compositions for medical use Anti-adhesion films useful for the prevention of surgical adhesions are disclosed. These films comprise substrate materials (such as collagen) and hetero-bifunctional anti-adhesion binding agents, wherein the substrate material is covalently linked to rec... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5567806 | Collagen crosslinked with a crosslinking agent for the manufacture of a suturable, biocompatible slowresorbing membrane, and such a membrane Suturable, biocompatible, control-resorbing membranes are disclosed for use in guided tissue regeneration, comprising a cross-linked collagen material either obtained by crosslinking a starting collagen material in the coagulated state produced by coagula... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5496872 | Adhesive compositions for surgical use The invention relates to an adhesive, biocompatible, biodegradable and non-toxic composition for surgical use, in particular for binding tissues, which composition is of the following general formula: ##STR1## in which: R is a hydrocarbon chain conta... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5462536 | Protein nonadsorptive membranes for wound dressings Controlled release membranes are prepared from polyureaurethane polymer derived from prepolymer units at least 75% of which are oxyethylene-based diols or polyols having essentially all of the hydroxyl groups capped with polyisocyanate are disclosed. The ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5420248 | Unpigmented fish skin, particularly from flat fish, as a novel industrial source of collagen, extraction method, collagen and biomaterial thereby obtained The present invention relates to the use of unpigmented skin from flat fish as novel industrial source of collagen. As unpigmented skin, the ventral skin is used in particular, from sole, dab, turbot, brill. Native acid-soluble collagen is advantageously ... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5418222 | Multi-layered collagen film compositions for delivery of proteins and methods of using same The present invention relates to single and multiple layer collagen films that are useful for improved sustained release delivery of pharmaceuticals.... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5412076 | Crosslinkable collagen derivatives, process for their production and their application to the preparation of biomaterials The present invention relates to a crosslinkable modified collagen which is soluble in water and/or in aprotic polar organic solvents and which contains free or substituted thiol groups carried by residues of cysteine or derivatives thereof, at least some... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5201745 | Visceral surgery patch A patch for visceral surgery is made from a biomaterial consisting of two layers of collagen superimposed and closely combined, namely a porous adhesive layer of fibrous collagen and a film of collagen and/or gelatin.... | 04/13/1993 |
