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WO/2001/056475A1 |
There are described devices implantable in the human or animal body. Such a device takes the form of a pre-formed three-dimensional article, comprising at least in part a material which is hydratable and capable of bonding to tissue whil...
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WO/2001/043788A2 |
The present invention relates to antimicrobial compositions, methods for the production of these compositions, and use of these compositions with medical devices, such as catheters, and implants. The compositions of the present invention...
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WO/2001/044307A2 |
Biodegradable biocompatible hydrogels based on poly(vinyl alcohol) and methods for their preparation. The methods for preparation of the hydrogels involve the use of prepolymers. The prepolymers have a PVA backbone and pendant chains tha...
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WO/2001/041823A2 |
This relates to a composition for forming a radioactive material suitable for use in medicinal purposes. The invention relates to a radioactive polymeric materials and radioactive vaso-occlusive devices. The invention also relates to rad...
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WO/2001/041753A2 |
Methods of promoting healing through enhanced regeneration of tissue (e.g. hard tissue or soft tissue) by contacting the tissue or the surrounding tissue with an anti-inflammatory agent. These methods are useful in a variety of dental an...
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WO/2001/040348A2 |
An absorbable crystalline, monocentric polyaxial copolymer comprising a central carbon or nitrogen atom and at least three axes, each of which includes an amorphous flexible component adjacent and originating from the central atom and a ...
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WO/2001/035929A2 |
A flowable composition containing a biocompatible, biodegradable, branched thermoplastic polymer is used to form solid matrices such as implants and controlled-release, drug-compositions in a body. The flowable composition with or withou...
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WO/2001/030269A1 |
A method for stitching thread onto the wall of a tubular medical implant (preferably a graft) employs a sewing machine with an elongate bobbin or a needle on an elongate element, depending on whether it is desired to sew from the outside...
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WO/2001/028601A1 |
A surgical suture material having either an external surface at least partially coated with an anti-microbial composition or an anti-microbial agent incorporated therein. Preferably the anti-microbial agent is a water-soluble metal ion-r...
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WO/2001/026702A2 |
A novel coating for medical devices provides nitric oxide delivery using nanofibers of linear poly(ethylenimine)diazeniumdiolate. Linear poly(ethylenimine)diazeniumdiolate releases nitric oxide (NO) in a controlled manner to tissues and ...
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WO/2001/024710A1 |
Featured is a package or carrier (10) for releasably holding any of a number of medical devices including a rigid member (14) that is interconnected to a flexible member (16) such as suture (14) -needle (16) combinations. The package (10...
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WO/2001/022894A1 |
A surgical tissue fixation system is described, including: (a) a bioabsorbable tissue fixation plate having optionally a plurality of through-holes arranged in alternating relation along the plate; (b) bioabsorbable fasteners adapted for...
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WO/2001/021058A2 |
A device for determining the depth of an incision from the epidermal layer (70) to a puncture in a blood vessel (66) in which the device (10) includes an elongated member (472) which has a lumen (424) extending from a distal end (20) to ...
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WO/2001/012073A1 |
This invention is a flexible isoplastic polymer surgical suture (20), and suture construct formed from a material selected from the group consisting of silicone, polyurethane, polyurethane copolymers, rubber, and other hemo-compatible, b...
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WO/2001/012203A1 |
The present invention describes a method of preventing adhesion formation between tissues in an animal by placing a sterile polyoxaester adhesion prevention barrier between the tissues of the animal to prevent an adhesion from forming.
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WO/2001/010480A1 |
The invention relates to a fixative device for bone tissue, which device comprises a copolymer of a polyalkylene glycol and an aromatic polyester.
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WO/2001/008123A1 |
The invention relates to methods of making polyurethane derivatives which can be readily further derivatized using stabilizing ageents such as anti-calcification agents, anti-thrombogenesis agents, and chemical and mechanical degradation...
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WO/2001/000190A2 |
Use of hyaluronic acid derivatives for the preparation of biomaterials for the prevention of the formation and the treatment of cutaneous scars, wherein the hyaluronic acid derivatives are optionally combined with pharmacologically or bi...
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WO/2000/076486A1 |
Silver-containing, sol-gel derived bioactive glass compositions and methods of preparation and use thereof are disclosed. The compositions can be in the form of particles, fibers and/or coatings, among other possible forms, and can be us...
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WO/2000/071602A1 |
A polymer having a satisfactory balance between in vivo degradability and satisfactory mechanical properties, which is an A?1¿BA?2¿ type polymer comprising a segment A?1¿ and a segment A?2¿ each having a modified amino acid and a seg...
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WO/2000/066731A2 |
The present invention provides recombinant laminin 5, methods for making recombinant laminin 5, cells that express recombinant laminin 5, and methods for using the recombinant laminin 5 to accelerate wound healing, and to promote cell at...
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WO2000019976A9 |
The invention comprises biodegradable terephthalate polymers comprising the recurring monomeric units shown in formula (I), wherein R is a divalent organic moiety; R' is hydrogen, an aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic residue; x is >/= ...
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WO/2000/062827A2 |
This invention relates generally to two-part polymer compositions that rapidly form covalent linkages when mixed together. Such compositions are particularly well suited for use in a variety of tissue related applications when rapid adhe...
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WO/2000/061656A1 |
The invention relates to microstructured components containing at least one cycloolefin copolymer, to a method for producing these microstructured components, and to the use of the inventive microstructured components.
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WO/2000/061204A1 |
The present invention relates to a method for promoting blood vessel formation in tissues and organs. In particular, the method relates to implantation or attachment of an engineered three-dimensional stromal tissue to promote endothelia...
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WO/2000/061202A1 |
We have discovered a surgical cord comprising an interlocking multifilament sheath and an interlocked multifilament core. The sheath and core materials can be absorbable or non-absorbable and interlocking is achieved by braiding or knitt...
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WO/2000/057933A1 |
The present invention relates to polymeric medical articles comprising combinations of triclosan and silver-containing compounds. It is based, at least in part, on the discovery that these agents act synergistically, thereby permitting t...
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WO/2000/056377A1 |
Methods of improving the surface characteristics of a medical device or instrument, and the devices and instruments improved thereby, are provided. The disclosed methods involve the chemical attachment of an activated hyaluronic acid, su...
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WO/2000/051658A1 |
The present invention relates to a surgical thread (1) for plastic surgery operations, wherein said thread includes inclined protrusions which are arranged sequentially along the length of the thread and which are oriented in a direction...
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WO/2000/052052A1 |
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 suf...
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WO/2000/047242A1 |
The invention concerns a novel suture material for wounds consisting of a biocompatible and bio-adhesive mixture comprising at least 50 wt. % of a composition based on methylidene malonate containing: from 40 to 100 wt. %, and preferably...
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WO2000008999A9 |
A braided polyester suture made from polyester yarn filaments having a tenacity of from about 7 to about 11 g/denier, a percent elongation to break of less than about 30 percent and the polymer from which the filaments are made has an in...
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WO/2000/044287A1 |
A composition comprising of a monomer component comprised of an alkyl cyanoacrylate and at least one inhibitor, and a second component comprised of a resultant aggregate structure formed from an alkyl cyanoacrylate monomer, an alkyl este...
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WO/2000/043579A1 |
An alkali dispersible article comprises a sheath-core microfiber. The sheath layer comprises a hydrolytically degradable polymer, and the core layer comprises another polymer that is different than the sheath polymer. The core polymer ma...
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WO/2000/041647A1 |
The invention relates to compositions and methods for delivering a polyionic bioactive composition such as a nucleic acid to a tissue of an animal. The compositions of the invention include compositions which comprise a matrix comprising...
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WO/2000/027477A1 |
A general purpose radiotherapy device (30) can be fabricated to net or near-net shape and then made radioctive in a single activation step. The device is made at least partially of a transmutable material (42) which is transformable to a...
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WO/2000/025837A1 |
A coating material for surgical sutures which comprises as essential ingredients calcium stearate and a copolymer having repeating units derived from lactic acid and $g(e)-caprolactone; and a surgical suture comprising a lactic acid/$g(e...
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WO/2000/022991A1 |
Synthetic absorbable medical devices made totally or in part from a random polymer comprising glycolide, lactide, trimethylene carbonate, and carpo-lactone, are provided. The polymer can be fabricated into monofilament (16) which exhibit...
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WO/2000/018309A1 |
This invention is a partially bioabsorbable surgical fastener or device in the shape of a screw (1), a washer (4) system, the methods for manufacturing, and using the same. The surgical fastener is particularly but not solely intended to...
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WO2000001307A9 |
Synthetic absorbable medical devices made totally or in part from a random polymer comprising glycol, lactic, and caproic, are provided. The polymer can be fabricated into a monofilament (16) which exhibits physical characteristics equiv...
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WO/2000/016623A1 |
Antifouling agents comprising an affective amount of a compound represented by general structure (1), wherein X represents -OH, -O(aryl), -O(acyl), -O(sulfonyl), -CN, F, Cl, or Br; Y represents O, S, Se, or NR; Z represents optionally su...
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WO/2000/016699A1 |
Block copolymers for making surgical articles such as sutures have a first block, a second block wherein the first block includes about 40 mole percent to 65 mole percent of repeating units derived from glycolide randomly combined with a...
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WO/2000/016764A2 |
Small molecule pharmaceuticals for treating sulfate receptor mediated diseases are disclosed.
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WO/2000/016624A1 |
The formation of biofilms on surfaces in health-related environments can be prevented by the use of a compound represented by general structure (1), wherein X represents -OH, -O(aryl), -O(acyl), -O(sulfonyl), -CN, F, Cl, or Br; Y represe...
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WO/2000/016632A2 |
Disclosed are environmentally safe crop protection agents that interfere with the attachment of a broad range of plant pathogens to plant cells surfaces. The crop protection agents contain a compound represented by general structure (1),...
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WO/2000/015167A1 |
Compositions and methods for treating wounds to significantly reduce the healing time, reduce the incidence of scar formation, improve the success of skin grafts, reduce the inflammatory response and providing anti-bacterial treatments t...
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WO/2000/013717A1 |
The invention relates to bioactive, biocompatible, bioabsorbable surgical composites and devices, such as pins, screws, plates, tacks, bolts intramedullary nails, suture anchors, staples or other devices which are applied in bone-to-bone...
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WO/2000/010618A1 |
A sheet comprises a biodegradable, non-thrombogenic, tissue-compatible material suitable for therapeutic use by topical administration, the sheet being flexible, hydratable and activatable so that it bonds to tissue, and retains its inte...
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WO/2000/006213A1 |
A moisture-curable adhesive suture strip for closing a wound on a patient, comprises an elongated, flexible air-permeable backing member formed of a chemically inert material and having opposite ends, first and second surfaces facing awa...
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WO/2000/001426A1 |
Bioresorbable blends are presented for use in the manufacture of surgical implants. The blends comprise a bioresorbable copolymer and a further bioresorbable polymer.
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