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Jul 23, 2011 - EVA pressure sensitive adhesive for medical applications. - Patent
A pressure sensitive adhesive for medicinal application purposes, based on ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers is characterized in that it contains as...
Jul 09, 2011 - Moisture Activatable Adhesives for Medical Applications - Patent
This invention describes an adhesive for medical patches or for transdermal therapeutic systems which contains a component or a combination of at...
Mar 13, 2011 - Biodegradable PU Adhesives Prepared with Tung Oil - Conference
Polyurethanes are considered to be biocompatible materials and by adequate design they can be biodegradable as well. In this study new polyurethane...
Feb 10, 2013 - Review of Medical Tissue Adhesives and Future Projections - Technical Paper
Tissue adhesives are a versatile and valuable alternative for wound closure. With fast application, the prevention of body fluid leakage and...
Jan 12, 2013 - A Review of the Use of Sealants in Dentistry - Technical Paper
Fissure sealing was first introduced and investigated in the years 1960s-1970s. During the past few decades evidence based approaches have developed...
Dec 15, 2012 - Urethane PSA for Application on Skin - Patent
Pressure sensitive adhesives for use primarily in medical applications are disclosed. The pressure sensitive adhesives are urethane elastomeric...
Dec 02, 2012 - Polymerizable Ionic Liquids as Dental Compositions - Patent
Described in this invention are curable dental compositions comprising a polymerizable ionic liquid. The polymerizable ionic liquid comprises one or...
Nov 03, 2012 - Increasing Use of Adhesives for Wound Closure. - Technical Paper
The declining use of sutures for wound closure parallels the growing incorporation of minimally invasive surgical techniques into medical practices....
Aug 25, 2012 - Review of Surgical Adhesives - Technical Paper
Due to several advantages over traditional approaches (e.g. sutures and staples), surgical adhesives are excellent materials for wound closure. For...
Jul 28, 2012 - Review of the Surface Applications for Silicones - Technical Paper
Some key surface-related applications of silicone polymeric materials are reviewed with an emphasis on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), the predominant...
Jun 10, 2012 - Reversible Adhesives for Wound Dressings - Patent
This disclosure relates generally to adhesives and particularly to reversible adhesives. This disclosure further relates to generally adhesive...
May 25, 2012 - Aqueous Polysaccharide Adhesive for Wound Closure - Patent
A method of dissolving an oxidized polysaccharide in an aqueous solution using an oligomer additive is described. The resulting aqueous solution of...
May 17, 2012 - Mussel Adhesive Protein Mimics Show Healing Power - Patent
Adhesives that copy how mussels hold on underwater are well suited to wound repair, say scientists at Exton, Philadelphia, headquartered medical...
May 03, 2012 - Putty Promotes Dental Bone Growth - Patent
Combining the right mineral, carbohydrate and protein molecules can give a bone-regenerating putty that is mouldable and adhesive at room temperature....
Apr 23, 2012 - Additive Aids Medical Adhesive Polysaccharide Dissolution - Patent
A chemical that temporarily reacts with common components of hydrogel medical adhesives can dissolve them in water more quickly, says Mark Wagman at...
Apr 22, 2012 - Survey of the most used self-adhesive dental cements. - Technical Paper
This study is dedicated to the investigation of self-adhesive cements, based on resin composites (RBC). Reported cases of dental restorations decays...
Apr 16, 2012 - X-Rays Give UV-Cured Adhesives A Light Inside - Patent
Adding phosphor materials that convert X-rays to light can help make UV-cured adhesives and encapsulants work better, US researchers have said this...
Apr 15, 2012 - UV curable compositions for injectable medical devices. - Patent
This invention describes cross-linked compositions that include a first precursor functionalized with a first reactive member and a second precursor...
Mar 19, 2012 - Tannin Adhesive Quickly Staunches Bloodflow - Patent
Korean researchers have developed the first tannin-based adhesive that isn't toxic or harmful to the human body, resists water and requires no heating...
Mar 15, 2012 - Adhesive-coated tube repairs severed nerves - Patent
Hai-Quan Mao and Ahmet Hoke, researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, have devised a tubular scaffold that can be used to...
Mar 11, 2012 - Factors affecting performance of dentin-bonding systems. - Technical Paper
This paper reviews the performance of current adhesive systems in tests of bond strength between resin composites and tooth structures. The longevity...
Feb 18, 2012 - Special Packaging for Adhesive Bandage Materials - Patent
Disclosed herein is a package material for adhesive bandage which is used for packaging therein an adhesive bandage including a surface base having...
Feb 10, 2012 - Tissue Adhesive Based on Functionalized Polysaccharides - Patent
Novel aldehyde-functionalized polysaccharide compositions are described that are more stable in aqueous solution than oxidized polysaccharides or...
Jan 19, 2012 - Pig Collagen Removes Virus Risk from Tissue Adhesives - Patent
Purifying and chemically modifying pig collagen can give an especially safe and effective tissue adhesive, according to Hwal Suh from Yonsei...
Dec 10, 2011 - Biocompatible PU Conductive Adhesive for RFID Tag Antennas - Technical Paper
As a candidate dispersant for silver-based isotropically conductive adhesives (ICAs), polyurethane (PU) is an environmentally benign material that can...
Dec 10, 2011 - Tissue Adhesives with Modified Elasticity - Patent
An embodiment of the invention is a water soluble chain-extended polyamine product made by a process comprising reacting a multi-arm polyether amine...
Oct 05, 2011 - Silicone adhesive that is gentle to the skin. - Patent
The disclosure relates to gentle to skin adhesives and specifically, to silicone gel adhesives and methods of making such adhesives. Such methods...
Aug 08, 2011 - Modified Gums help Medical Adhesives Get Better - Patent
Depolymerising polysaccharide gums, or stripping off surface functional groups and cross-linking them with boric acid produces better adhesives than...
Jul 14, 2011 - Novel Biodegradable Polyesters Show Adhesive Potential - Patent
In searching for a way to control polymer biodegradability, scientists at US medical device maker Boston Scientific have discovered a new type of...
May 23, 2011 - Coconut Oil Skin Adhesive Avoids Itchiness - Patent
Researchers at bandage producer EuroMed in Orangeburg, New York, claim to have developed medical adhesives that can reduce moisture build-up that can...
May 09, 2011 - Surgical Adhesive Gets Biocompatibility Boost - Patent
Researchers at medical giant Johnson and Johnson have developed a latent-curing surgical adhesive that does not include solvent, making it better...
Jan 03, 2011 - Electrodeposited sealants for skin and other tissues. - Patent
This invention includes tissue sealant compositions including an electro-processed material. The compositions are used as hemostatic agents or agents...
Nov 29, 2010 - Method of tissue repair using a crosslinked hydrogel. - Patent
The invention provides for a method of forming and the resulting solid polymer gel composition. The composition comprises polyethylene imine and at...
Nov 22, 2010 - Removable layer prevents unintentional medical bonds - Patent
US researchers have developed a fast-acting medical adhesive product that seeks to avoid problems like accidentally sticking disposable gloves to...
Nov 05, 2010 - Review of fibrin sealants in the medical sector. - Technical Paper
Fibrin sealant is a two-component topical hemostat, sealant, and tissue adhesive consisting of fibrinogen and thrombin that has been used as a...
Nov 01, 2010 - Positive thinkers deliver sugar-based tissue adhesive - Patent
Robust polysaccharide-based human tissue adhesives for surgical use can be made to promote blood clotting and healing by giving them a positive...
Sep 29, 2010 - Method for bonding a polymeric medical device to tissue. - Patent
A method for bonding a polymeric medical device to tissue is provided which includes providing polymeric medical devices having reactive members of a...
Sep 15, 2010 - Fluoride-releasing dental adhesive. - Patent
This article reviews the literature and research on fluoride releasing adhesive resin. Secondary caries is the primary cause of dental restoration...
Sep 13, 2010 - Just add water for pain-free skin patch removal - Patent
Adhesives based on water-absorbent powders can produce skin patches that provide reliable bonding while minimising irritation when they are removed,...
Aug 14, 2010 - Collection of bond strength data for dental adhesives. - Technical Paper
The goal of this paper is to undertake a literature search collecting all dentin bond strength data obtained for six adhesives with four tests (shear,...
May 13, 2010 - Hydrogel adhesive expands medical applications - Patent
Non-toxic hydrogels that boast improved performance over other medical adhesives could be set for use in a wider range of procedures, thanks to...
May 06, 2010 - Low viscosity polyurethane eases dialysis filter potting - Patent
Filters for dialysis can be produced with higher content of the fibres that allow fluid through, thanks to German chemical giant BASF's latest...
Apr 23, 2010 - Medical formulation with reactive fillers. - Patent
Materials which are initially liquid and moldable but that can set rapidly in-situ giving immediate structural support are of great value in medical...
Apr 02, 2010 - Hydrophilic PSA for transdermal patch medical applications. - Technical Paper
A novel poly(sodium methacrylate, methylmethacrylate) hydrophilic PSA containing a large amount of water was designed. The effects of PEG400,...
Mar 27, 2010 - Using inkjet printing to dispense cyanoacrylate adhesives. - Technical Paper
In this study, the authors demonstrate the use of piezoelectric inkjet printing to fabricate microscale patterns of Vetbond n-butyl cyanoacrylate...
Jan 29, 2010 - Surgical glues used for aortic root replacement. - Technical Paper
Surgical adhesives are used in mechanical, stentless bioprosthetic, and homograft aortic root replacements to seal and reinforce suture lines. The...
Jan 29, 2010 - The effect of plasticizers in novel skin bioadhesive patches. - Technical Paper
This study examines the effects of plasticizer inclusion (glycerol) on roughness, mechanical and adhesive properties of novel skin bioadhesive patches...
Oct 18, 2009 - Advances in adhesives used in surgery. - Technical Paper
The use of bioadhesives, tissue sealants and hemostatic agents has allowed for increased use of minimally invasive techniques for complex...
Oct 05, 2009 - Cyanoacrylate adhesive is absorbable in human body. - Patent
There is a need for an alpha cyanoacrylate composition that exhibits a rapid cure rate sufficient for medical applications and which produces an...
Sep 20, 2009 - Review of adhesive tests used in dentistry. - Technical Paper
A critical comparison of articles concerning dental adhesives reveals large differences in measure values, differences that not only seem to be...
Sep 14, 2009 - Adhesive attached eyelash extensions. - Patent
False eyelashes are generally applied to extend natural eyelashes. A hot melt or cyanoacrylate type adhesive is often used to attach individual...
Aug 15, 2009 - The effect of functional groups in designing tissue adhesives. - Technical Paper
Synthesis of tissue adhesive has been carried out in various laboratories over the past decades, but the development is currently stalled. One of the...
Aug 01, 2009 - Inkjet deposition of bioadhesives in medical applications. - Technical Paper
This study demonstrates using computer aided design (CAD) patterning of various biological adhesive using a piezoelectric inkjet technology. A...
Jul 20, 2009 - Crustacean shell material enables eye wound adhesive - Patent
Adhesives made from chitosan – a material derived from the shells of shrimp and crabs – can close eyeball wounds more effectively than nylon sutures....
Jul 19, 2009 - Bioabsorbable adhesives for surgical applications. - Patent
In recent years there has developed increased interest in replacing or augmenting sutures with adhesive bonds. It is desirable to provide a fully...
Jul 19, 2009 - Cosmetic sheet. - Patent
In general, cosmetic products include containers made of metal, plastic, or the like, in which the cosmetic cake is contained. Some cosmetic products...
Jul 19, 2009 - Plasticizers for use in skin adhesives. - Technical Paper
The effects of plasticizer inclusion (10% by weight) on roughness, mechanical and adhesive properties of novel skin bioadhesive patches produced from...
Jul 19, 2009 - Sealants for dental root canal therapy. - Patent
A dental composition for sealing a portion of a tooth includes a liquid acrylic or acrylate monomer, an acrylic or acrylate polymer that is soluble in...
Jun 05, 2009 - Blended silicone adhesive enhances painkilling patch - Patent
In patches that apply drugs transdermally, the adhesion strength of that patch helps determine how much of the drug crosses the skin. Commonly-used...
