Joining and/or sealing tissues through photo-activated cross-linking of matrix proteins

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PATENT NO 9669132
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15404566

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A method of joining and/or sealing tissues in a surgical procedure or medical treatment, comprising the steps of: (1) applying a matrix protein, a photoactivatable metal-ligand complex and an electron acceptor to a tissue portion; (2) irradiating said tissue portion to photoactivate the photoactivatable metal-ligand complex; thereby initiating a cross-linking reaction of the matrix protein to seal said tissue portion or join said tissue portion to an adjacent tissue portion.

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  • COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC;ELVIN, CHRISTOPHER M.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brownlee, Alan George Salisbury, AU 6 41
Elvin, Christopher Malcolm Tennyson, AU 8 58

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