ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,472, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Ethicon Inc. (Raritan, N.J.).
"Hemostatic materials based on aldehyde-functional polysaccharides" was invented by Thomas Weindl (Raritan, N.J.), Benjamin Fitz (Raritan, N.J.) and Gaojie Hu (Raritan, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to hemostatic and/or tissue adhesive formulations comprising crosslinked polysaccharide particles that have been oxidized to generate aldehyde- and carboxylic functional moieties therein, and wherein said formulations further contain a buffer that maintains a slightly alkaline environment. These formulations can be applied onto ti...