Patents by Inventor Gert Lindblad

Gert Lindblad has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Composition and method for prevention of adhesions between body tissues
    Patent number: 5358973
    Abstract: A composition for use in surgical operations to prevent adhesions between tissue surfaces, comprising an aqueous solution containing dextran in an amount of 7 to 20% and hyaluronic acid in an amount of 0.5 to 6%, the dextran having a weight average molecular weight within the range of 30,000 to 75,000 and the hyaluronic acid having a weight average molecular weight within the range 500,000 to 6,000,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Inventors: Gert Lindblad, Peter Buckley
  • Composition and method for prevention of adhesions between body tissues
    Patent number: 5190759
    Abstract: A composition for the prevention of adhesions between body tissues after a surgical operation, containing dextran and hyaluronic acid. The composition further claims the use of said components for the preparation of such a composition as well as its use as an agent for the prevention of adhesions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Kabi Pharmacia AB
    Inventors: Gert Lindblad, Peter Buckley
  • Method of monitoring the progressive destruction of articular cartilage in a joint
    Patent number: 4778768
    Abstract: Method of determining changes occurring in articular cartilage. The method involves (a) quantifying proteoglycan monomer and/or antigenic fragments thereof in a synovial fluid sample and (b) correlating the values thus obtained with progressive destructions in the articular cartilage appertaining to that sample fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: Pharmacia AB
    Inventors: Dick K. Heineg.ang.rd, Gert Lindblad