Surgery – Instruments – Light application
Patent
1995-06-02
1998-02-03
Shay, David M.
Surgery
Instruments
Light application
606 8, 606213, 606214, A16B 506
Patent
active
057138915
ABSTRACT:
Methods for tissue welding using solders incorporating biologically active agents, such as growth factors or hemostatic agents, have been developed. Improved solder compositions have also been defined, yielding greater bursting strength as a function of protein concentration, and through the use of protein unfolding prior to laser-mediated denaturation and coupling. A method for repair of fistulas has been discovered, using water as a chromophore, in combination with solder concentration, to form columns to fill defects where tissue apposition is not possible. Methods have also been adapted for use with other forms of directed energy, including bipolar electrosurgery and light. Examples demonstrate increased strength of repairs by incorporation of growth factors into solders, alone and as a function of solder concentration. Increased adhesion is obtained through prevention of bleeding by incorporation of hemostatic agents such as thrombin or epinephrine, a vasoconstrictor.
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Children's Medical Center Corporation
Shay David M.
V.I. Technologies, Inc.
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