ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,877, issued on June 17.
"Surgical glues based on monomers comprising a phosphate function" was invented by Bertrand Perrin (Dijon, France), Ariane Aubin (Mulhouse, France), Jacques Lalevee (Mulhouse, France) and Jean-Philippe Schwebelen (Burnhaupt-le-Haut, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition for use as a surgical adhesive for the adhesion of a material to a biological tissue, for the adhesion of biological tissues to one another, for the adhesion of a glue or of a substance to the surface of a biological tissue, as a surgical sealant, for blocking or plugging orifices created by a thread suture or staple suture or by ...