Sealant Or Adhesive Patents (Class 523/118)
  • Patent number: 8273803
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of their use to adhere a variety of materials together are disclosed herein. The compositions include at least tetra calcium phosphate, an effective amount of a compound that is structurally similar to phosphoserine, and can be mixed with an aqueous solution. The compositions provide adhesive and cohesive strength in both wet and dry environments and exhibit significant bond strength upon curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
    Inventors: Venkat R. Garigapati, Brian J. Hess, Jon Ahola
  • Patent number: 8273847
    Abstract: A medical adhesive comprises a hydrophilic urethane prepolymer (UP) obtained by reacting a fluorine-containing nonaromatic polyisocyanate component (A) and a polyol component (B) having a hydrophilic polyol (B1), and a phenolic radical scavenger (PRS). The content of (PRS) is preferably 0.01 to 3% by weight based on the weight of (UP). The content of oxyethylene groups in (B) is preferably 30 to 100% by weight based on the weight of the oxyalkylene groups in (B). Preferably, (B) is a mixture of a random copolymer obtained by addition of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide to diols and polypropylene glycol. The content of isocyanate groups in the medical adhesive is 1 to 10% by weight based on the weight of (UP). The medical adhesive is suitable for bonding body tissues, such as lung, artery and heart in particular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd
    Inventors: Tetsuji Yoshimura, Tetsuya Yamada, Takehisa Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20120238658
    Abstract: [Problems] To provide a liquid dental adhesive composition which contains a phosphoric acid-type compound having a hydrogenphosphoric diester group as an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer and, further, contains polyvalent metal ions, effectively preventing not only the gelation but also the formation of precipitates (cloudiness) during the storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: TOKUYAMA DENTAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Matsushige, Qian Cui, Ayumi Dodomi
  • Patent number: 8263185
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising or consisting of a reaction product obtained from a reaction mixture of aminosilane of formula (I), a mecaptosilane of formula (II) and an epoxysilane of formula (III). Said compositions are suitable as bonding agents, especially in the form of primers. The compositions are highly adhesive and especially suitable for low-temperature applications and especially for sticking glass together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sika Technology AG
    Inventor: Wolf-Rudiger Huck
  • Patent number: 8263720
    Abstract: Combinations of solubilized, covalently crosslinked, siloxy-containing polymers in a solvent system of a volatile hydrophobic (non-polar) liquid that is non-stinging to a user are excellent non-irritating liquid coating materials for forming films, which, after solvent evaporation, are water insoluble but water-vapor permeable and lightly adherent to surfaces such as skin and mucous membranes. The crosslinking content is greater than 1 weight % and can be as much as 16 weight %. In comparison to non-crosslinked polysiloxy films, or crosslinked films of 1 weight % or less, the enhanced crosslinked polysiloxy films, while continuing to be soluble in the solvent, have reduced tack and reduced adhesion to skin and can act as sacrificial coatings under strongly adherent pressure sensitive adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Rochal Industries, LLP
    Inventors: Joseph Salamone, Ann Beal Salamone, Xiang Yu, Levi J. Irwin
  • Patent number: 8263681
    Abstract: The invention features a dental composition containing a polycyclic aromatic compound, such as 2-ethyl 9,10-dimethoxy anthracene (EDMOA), in an amount that provides the composition with fluorescence mimicking that of natural teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Bradley D. Craig, Gregory A. Kobussen
  • Publication number: 20120219544
    Abstract: The adhesive composition for soft tissues, the adhesive composition for wound dressing or the wound dressing agent composition of the present invention is an adhesive composition for soft tissues, an adhesive composition for wound dressing or a wound dressing agent composition, comprising a monomer (A), a polymer (B) and a polymerization initiator composition (C) containing an organoboron compound, and is characterized by having a viscosity of 0.4 to 75,000 cp within 30 seconds after mixing of the components (A), (B) and (C). The composition of the present invention not only has low toxicity, low harmfulness and high adhesive strength but also is excellent in workability during application and is capable of forming films of excellent properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Noriaki Asada, Shinya Aoki, Hiroshi Naruse, Shoichi Miyakoshi, Masami Arata
  • Publication number: 20120213832
    Abstract: A dental curable composition comprises (A) a polymerizable monomer and (B) an organic amine-based polymerization initiator, wherein (A?) a long-chain polymerizable monomer having a chain length of 17 or more atoms is contained in the component (A) and/or (C) a soft resin material are/is contained in the composition, and when the amount (parts by weight) based on 100 parts by weight of the component (A) of the component (A?) is represented by [a?] and the amounts (parts by weight) based on 100 parts by weight of the total of the components (A) and (B) of the components (A), (B) and (C) are represented by (a), (b) and (c), respectively, 70?(a)?99.99, 0.01?(b)?5 30, 1?[a?]/5+(c)/1, 0?[a?]?95, and 0?(c)?250.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ori, Haruka Nishitani, Sayuri Iwasaki, Yuya Yamamoto, Chidzuru Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 8247471
    Abstract: To provide a dental adhesive composition which does not decrease preservation stability when reacting with acidity for acquiring dental adhesive property, even though using a filler having X-ray imaging property, and does not need the conventional mixing and kneading of two or more components, the dental adhesive composition includes (a) a (meth)acrylate compound having an acid group, and (b) aluminosilicate glass powder containing Sr and/or Ba and/or Ca, and the dental adhesive composition further includes a filler and (c) a photopolymerization catalyst, where the filler does not substantially make a neutralization reaction with the (meth)acrylate compound having an acid group as the (a) component because a filler content is 15% by weight or less in terms of oxide of Al2O3, and those coexist is one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Yarimizu, Hideki Tokui, Hiroto Minamisawa
  • Patent number: 8247470
    Abstract: To provide a polymerizable composition having more excellent preservation stability of pastes than a conventional composition using a combination of a copper compound, cumene hydroperoxide, and N-acetylthiourea, and having a polymerization curing time which does not change with time, that is, does not delay or quicken from a time set for a product even though the composition is stored, the polymerizable composition includes a first paste and a second paste, wherein the first paste includes a polymer of ?-? unsaturated monocarboxylic acid or ?-? unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, water, and a hydroperoxide as a peroxide, and the second paste includes a (meth)acrylate compound not having an acid group, fluoroaluminosilicate glass powder, a thiourea derivative as a reducing material, and a vanadium compound as a polumerization accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Yarimizu, Hideki Tokui, Hiroto Minamisawa
  • Patent number: 8242188
    Abstract: A dental self-etching primer composition and a dental self-etching primer kit comprising a mixture of (A) a polymerizable monomer, (B) a reducing inorganic compound containing sulfur, (C) a ketone-based solvent and (D) water and having a storage stability of 2 hours or longer at 65° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sun Medical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masami Arata, Akari Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Katsura
  • Publication number: 20120202913
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dental adhesive material kit having excellent bond durability. The present invention is represented by a dental adhesive material kit containing a dental aqueous adhesive composition (A) and a multi-part type dental nonaqueous curable composition (B). The dental aqueous adhesive composition (A) contains a polymerizable monomer (a) having an acidic group, an aliphatic polymerizable monomer (b) having no acidic group, water (c), and an amine-based reducing agent (d1) containing no sulfur atom. The multi-part type dental nonaqueous curable composition (B) contains an aliphatic polymerizable monomer (b) having no acidic group, an aromatic polymerizable monomer (e) having no acidic group, a powdery water-soluble reducing compound (f) containing a sulfur atom, an organic peroxide (g), and an amine-based reducing agent (d2) containing no sulfur atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: KURARAY MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Michiya Kawana, Hidemi Nakayama, Mitsuru Takei, Kenji Suzuki, Ai Hinamoto
  • Patent number: 8236871
    Abstract: This invention relates to polymerizable compositions comprising a salt of a barbituric acid derivative. The compositions are typically shelf-life stable and may be polymerized through mixing of an acidic component with the salt of a barbituric acid derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Reinhold Hecht, Manfred Ludsteck, Gioacchino Raia, Joel D. Oxman
  • Publication number: 20120197293
    Abstract: A moisture-curable and biodegradable adhesive that includes the reaction product of: (a) an isocyanate component having an average functionality of at least 2; (b) an active hydrogen component having an average functionality greater than 2.1; and (c) an ionic salt component having an average hydroxyl or amino functionality, or combination thereof, of at least 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Jason Smith, Eric Beckman
  • Publication number: 20120189987
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to chemically bonded ceramic biomaterials, preferably a dental material or an implant material, comprising two binder systems. The main binder system forms a chemically bonded ceramic upon hydration thereof, and comprises powdered calcium aluminate and, optionally, minor amounts of calcium silicate. The second binder system is a cross-linking organic binder system which provides for initial crosslinking of the freshly mixed paste forming the biomaterial. The biomaterial also comprises inert filler particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: DOXA AB
    Inventors: Leif Hermansson, Jesper Lööf, Adam Faris
  • Publication number: 20120184926
    Abstract: The invention provides a polymeric medical sealant. The medical sealant is useful for application to the tonsils and adenoids, wherein the sealant performs at least one of the following functions, a) inhibit the colonization of bacteria, b) inhibit the binding of bacteria to tissue, c) reduction of tissue morbidity, d) hemostasis, e) coating and protection of tissue during healing. f) promotion of healing, and g) reduction of pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: James Britton Hissong, Dana A. Oliver, Cecil O. Lewis, Janis Saunier, Matthew F. Myntti
  • Publication number: 20120178847
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyurea system, the use of such a polyurea system for sealing, linking, gluing, or covering of cellular tissue, and a dosing system having two chambers for a polyurea system such as this. The polyurea system comprises as components: A) an isocyanate-functioning prepolymer, which can be derived by reacting aliphatic isocyanates with polyoles, and B) an amino-functioning ester of aspartic acid. According to the invention, water and/or tertiary amine is added to the system, in order to increase the reacting speed of the prepolymer with the amino-functioning ester of aspartic acid while decreasing the setting time at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Heike Heckroth, Hartmut Nefzger, Christoph Eggert
  • Publication number: 20120179083
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to thin-film adhesive materials suitable for various applications. In particular, the present invention provides pliable viscoelastic thin-films configured to form strong water-resistant adhesive bonds to various surface types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: KNC NER ACQUISITION SUB, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce P. Lee, Jediah White, Fangmin Xu, John L. Murphy, Laura Vollenweider
  • Publication number: 20120172485
    Abstract: A polymeric composition comprising modified-TiO2 nanoparticles, with or without a solvent, and polymer precursors; wherein the modified-TiO2 nanoparticles comprise titanium dioxide nanoparticles modified with a short-chain unsaturated compound comprising 2 to 10 carbon atoms. The polymeric composition may be used in dental compositions such as dental adhesives, dental composites, and dental sealants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: ADA FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jirun Sun, Wen-li Wu
  • Publication number: 20120172488
    Abstract: A one-part, self-etching dental adhesive having improved performance such as adhesion performance with a simple one-coat application, without the need of separate acid-etching, a priming pre-treatment, or bonding step. The invention provides such improvements due to a function of the pH balance of the system in combination with an acid stable photoinitiating system. More specifically, the performance and pH balance is achieved through the employment of a hydrolytically stable, acidic, high-strength adhesive monomer (such as PENTA), with a stable, bifunctional, hydrophilic monomer (such as AHPMA) that yields greater crosslinking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Huaibing Liu, Junjie Sang
  • Patent number: 8211956
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesion-promoter composition for the adhesive joining of metallic or ceramic dental materials to radically curing dental materials, wherein the adhesion-promoter composition contains an alkoxysilane monomer (i), a phosphoric acid ester monomer (ii), a sulphur-containing monomer (iii) and an organic solvent (iv).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Thorsten Bock, Norbert Moszner, Volker M. Rheinberger, Ulrich Salz, Frank Zeuner
  • Publication number: 20120156164
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an in situ-forming, bioadhesive hydrogel and the medical uses thereof. Being formed by in situ crosslinking through an enzymatic reaction, the hydrogel has an advantage over conventional bioadhesive hydrogels in terms of biocompatibility. In addition, the in situ-forming bioadhesive hydrogel has excellent biocompatibility and mechanical strength and has excellent tissue adhesiveness thanks to modification with/without dopa derivatives. The hydrogel finds a variety of applications in the biomedical field, including bioadhesives or hemostats, implant substances for tissue regeneration and augmentation, carriers for delivering biologically active materials or drugs, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ki-Dong Park, Yoon-ki Joung, Kyung-Min Park, Eu-Gene Lih
  • Publication number: 20120148523
    Abstract: A hydrogel tissue adhesive formed by reacting an aldehyde-functionalized polysaccharide containing pendant aldehyde groups with a water-dispersible, multi-arm amine is described. The hydrogel may be useful as a tissue adhesive or sealant for medical applications that require a more rapid degradation time, such as the prevention of undesired tissue-to tissue adhesions resulting from trauma or surgery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Actamax Surgical Materials LLC
    Inventors: Helen S.M. Lu, Steven W. Shuey
  • Publication number: 20120132104
    Abstract: Dental material is provided with at least one antimicrobial active substance that is applied onto inorganic particles or organic polymer beads and is bound non-covalently to the particles or polymer beads. This results in a dental material on which plaque colonisation is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: HERAEUS KULZER GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Ruppert, Mario Beyer, Sebastian Vogt
  • Publication number: 20120115978
    Abstract: A self-cure or dual-cure polymerizable dental composition is provided with a redox indicator. The composition exhibits an initial first color upon mixing of the two parts and then changes to a second color that is noticeably different from the first color during the curing or polymerization of the composition initiated through the redox initiator system. Advantageously, the first color may be distinctively different from tooth structure and can be easily noticed. The second color may be essentially colorless, a neutral color, or a non-visually observable color in reference to the tooth structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: KERR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xuejun Qian, David Tobia
  • Publication number: 20120115982
    Abstract: A temporary root canal sealer dispersion having a pH of at least 9 and comprising: (i) an aqueous dispersion medium comprising an oligomer and/or polymer having Lewis basic groups, and optionally a hydroxide of an alkali metal and/or a hydroxide of an alkaline earth metal, and (ii) a dispersed phase comprising a radio-opaque filler, wherein the weight ratio of oligomer and/or polymer having Lewis basic groups to hydroxide of an alkali metal and/or hydroxide of an alkaline earth metal is at least 0.5 when said aqueous dispersion medium comprises a hydroxide of an alkali metal and/or a hydroxide of an alkaline earth metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Joachim E. Klee, Christoph Weber, Andreas E. Grutzner
  • Publication number: 20120115106
    Abstract: A self-cure, dual-cure or tri-cure polymerizable dental composition is provided with at least one functional chemical. The dental composition is divided into a three-part composition to avoid stability issues caused by degradation and/or loss of function of one component in the extended presence of another component, and the three parts are packaged in a tri-barrel syringe or cartridge delivery system to avoid premature chemical interaction between the functional chemical, redox initiator and/or acid/base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: KERR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xuejun Qian, David Tobia
  • Patent number: 8173722
    Abstract: An adhesive composition for use in surgical therapy includes at least the following components a) and b): a) a liquid mixture including cyanoactrylate monomers and at least one plasticizer, where the proportion of the at least one plasticizer in component a) is greater than 10% by weight based on the total weight of component a), and b) an aqueous liquid including at least one compound from the group of borate salt, basic amino acid, gelatin and gelatin derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Aesculap AG
    Inventors: Anja Baiker, Claudia Haertel, Erich Odermatt, Gabriel Siedle, Thomas Sterk, Juergen Wegmann
  • Patent number: 8163815
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are curable (meth)acrylate resins for dental compositions obtained by reacting an anhydride with an alcohol or an amine to obtain a carboxy ester or a carboxy amide and reacting the carboxy ester or carboxy amide with a (meth)acrylate monomer comprising an epoxide group or an oxetane group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Pentron Clinical Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shuhua Jin, Weitao Jia
  • Patent number: 8158694
    Abstract: The present invention provides a one-component dental adhesive composition which can exhibit excellent adhesion to both materials of a dental ceramics and an organic composite containing an inorganic compound, and is excellent in can-stability. More particularly, the present invention provides a one-component dental adhesive composition comprising 1 to 60 parts by weight of (a) a silane coupling agent, 1.0 to 20.0 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the (a) component of (b) an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, and 28 to 99 parts by weight of (c) a volatile organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Shofu
    Inventors: Hisaki Tanaka, Toshihide Fujii, Yutaka Yamaguchi, Mikito Deguchi
  • Publication number: 20120082959
    Abstract: Novel polymerizable compounds comprising a polyalicyclic structure element and certain functional groups, mixtures comprising one or a plurality of these compounds and corresponding curable blends and products as well as their respective use as dental material or for the preparation of a dental material are described. A method for preparing these compounds or mixtures and a method for preparing a product, preferably a product suitable for dentistry, are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: VOCO GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Blömker, Manfred Stepputtis, Manfred Thomas Plaumann, Reinhard Maletz, Nils Fontein
  • Patent number: 8138236
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel moisture activated solvent-free latent curing adhesive or sealant mixture comprising (1) a selected poly(alkylene oxide)imine, and (2) a selected amine reactive moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Chetan Anirudh Khatri, Joseph Zavatsky
  • Publication number: 20120058453
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present invention include hot melt dental adhesive materials that can create a reversible bond. In addition, example embodiments of the present invention include hot melt dental impression materials that can be used to accurately and efficiently obtain a dental impression. Moreover, example embodiments of the invention include devices and methods for use with the hot melt dental adhesive materials and the hot melt dental impression materials disclosed herein. The hot melt dental adhesive materials and the hot melt dental impression materials can provide dental professionals with dental materials that are more effective, efficient, and easier to use when compared to conventional dental adhesive materials and conventional dental impression materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: CAO GROUP, INC.
    Inventor: Steven D. Jensen
  • Publication number: 20120059083
    Abstract: To provide a polymerizable composition excellent in curability under a humid condition such as in an oral cavity, the polymerizable composition includes a first component and a second component, the first component includes cumene hydroperoxide as a peroxide in (meth)acrylate, the second component includes a thiourea derivative as a reductant and a vanadium compound as a polymerization accelerator in (meth)acrylate and the vanadium compound is preferably one or more kinds selected from vanadium acetylacetonate, vanadyl acetylacetonate, vanadyl stearate, vanadium naphthenate, and vanadium benzoyl acetonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: GC Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki TOKUI, Hideki YARIMIZU
  • Patent number: 8129444
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition which is self-adhesive to the hard tooth tissue, comprising: (A) 5 to 75 percent by weight of one or more mono or higher functional ethylenically unsaturated compounds which additionally have an acid functional group, wherein one of said compounds has a P—OH group, for instance a phosphoric, phosphonic or phosphinic acid group; (B) 2 to 50 percent by weight of one or more mono or higher functional ethylenically unsaturated compounds without any acid functional group; (C) 22.8 to 85 percent by weight of filling material(s), comprising at least one filling material that may react with component (A) in the sense of causing a ion exchange, neutralization, salt formation and/or chelate formation reaction; (D) 0.1 to 8 percent by weight of one or more initiators and optionally activators; (E) 0.1 to 20 percent by weight of further additives, for example, modifiers, wherein the weight ration in % of component (A) relative to component (B) ranges from 21 to 90: 10 to 79.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: 3M ESPE AG
    Inventors: Reinhold Hecht, Manfred Ludsteck, Thomas Luchterhandt, Markus Mikulla
  • Patent number: 8129445
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel poly(ethylene oxide)imine; a novel amine reactive moiety; a novel moisture activated latent curing adhesive or sealant mixture comprising (1) a ketimine or aldimine, and (2) an amine reactive moiety; and a novel moisture activated latent curing adhesive or sealant comprising the reaction product of (1) and (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Zavatsky, Binoy K. Bordoloi
  • Publication number: 20120053261
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new biocompatible, biodegradable removable and repositionable adhesive composition, its preparation method and various uses thereof, including its use as surgical aid. The invention also discloses a matrix comprising such composition, such as e.g. a solid support covered, impregnated or saturated by said adhesive composition. Adhesive compositions according to the invention comprise at least one chitin and/or chitosan containing material. In a particular embodiment said adhesive composition further comprises at least one adhesive-enhancing agent whereby said agent is provided in a granular form, and preferably is a chitin and/or chitosan containing material as defined herein. The present adhesive composition and matrix comprising such composition can be used as gluing composition, in particular in wound-healing and/or surgical applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Kitozyme S.A.
    Inventor: Laurent Pravata
  • Publication number: 20120052466
    Abstract: Presently described are dental adhesive compositions and methods of use. The dental adhesive compositions described herein comprises a major amount of a hardenable component comprising a polymerizable organic component (i.e. having ethylenically unsaturated moieties) and a minor amount of a (e.g. water dispersible) polymer that comprises repeating units comprising polar or polarizable groups and repeating units comprising hydrophobic hydrocarbon groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Brian A. Shukla, Sumita B. Mitra, Mahfuza B. Ali
  • Publication number: 20120046386
    Abstract: The present application relates to a polymerizable dental primer/adhesive system comprising a primer component having a relatively hydrophilic monomer component in an amount that renders the system relatively hydrophilic before polymerization of the system and capable of penetrating a prepared dental surface such as etched tooth dentin or enamel, and a multi-functional cross-linking agent in an amount that renders the system relatively hydrophobic after polymerization. A polymerizable hydrophobic monomer component is also included in the primer. The inclusion of said hydrophobic polymerizable monomer and said multi-functional cross-linking agent improves the long term stability or durability of the polymerized primer system to the dental restoration and to the tooth, dentin, enamel and other dental surfaces. An additional hydrophobic resin can also be employed with the primer adhesive system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Byoung Suh, Rui Yin, Michelle Schiltz-Taing, Adriana Pigozzo Manso
  • Patent number: 8106110
    Abstract: The present application relates to a dental primer adhesive system that is capable of being used as either a one-step or two-step self-etch dental primer and is compatible with self-cure composites and dual-cure composites with reduced permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Bisco, Inc.
    Inventors: Byoung Suh, Rui Yin, Michelle Schiltz-Taing
  • Publication number: 20120014909
    Abstract: A tissue adhesives and sealant formed by reacting a polyglycerol aldehyde with a water-dispersible, multi-arm amine is described. The tissue adhesive and sealant may be useful for medical and veterinary applications, including, but not limited to, wound closure, supplementing or replacing sutures or staples in internal surgical procedures such as intestinal anastomosis and vascular anastomosis, tissue repair, preventing leakage of fluids such as blood, bile, gastrointestinal fluid and cerebrospinal fluid, ophthalmic procedures, drug delivery, and to prevent post-surgical adhesions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Actamax Surgical Materials, LLC
    Inventor: Henry Keith Chenault
  • Publication number: 20120015327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for attaching a dental facing on a dental support structure comprising water, a glass and/or glass ceramic material, a rheological modifier with a molecular weight above about 500,000. The invention also relates to a process comprising the steps: providing a dental facing precursor and a dental support structure, both having an upper and a lower surface, attaching the dental facing precursor with its lower surface to the upper surface of the dental support structure, comprising the step of placing a mating composition between the lower surface of the dental facing precursor and the upper surface of the dental support structure and to the use of the inventive composition for producing dental restorations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Bernd K. Burger, Holger Hauptmann, Gallus Schechner
  • Publication number: 20120010322
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radically polymerizable monomer of formula (I) wherein W1 and W2 in each case independently represent H or X—R—Y—PG, wherein at least one of W1 and W2 represents X—R—Y—PG, X in each case independently is missing or represents an ether, ester, amide, urethane or urea group, Y in each case independently is missing or represents an ether, ester, amide, urethane or urea group, R in each case independently is missing or represents a C1-C16 alkylene radical which can be interrupted by one or more O atoms, wherein R can be missing only if X and/or Y is simultaneously also missing, and PG in each case independently represents a cyclic, ring-opening polymerizable group, a, b, c and d independently of each other can take the values 3 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Norbert MOSZNER, Jörg ANGERMANN, Urs Karl FISCHER, Volker RHEINBERGER
  • Publication number: 20120003888
    Abstract: The invention describes substrates, such as prosthetics, films, nonwovens, meshes, etc. that are treated with a bioadhesive polymer blend. The bioadhesive includes polymeric substances that have phenyl moieties with at least two hydroxyl groups. The bioadhesive blend constructs can be used to treat and repair, for example, hernias and damaged tendons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: KNC NER ACQUISITION SUB, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce P. Lee, Jeffrey L. Dalsin, Laura Vollenweider, John L. Murphy, Fangmin Xu
  • Publication number: 20120003611
    Abstract: This invention describes an adhesive used for bonding dental and medical biomaterials to hard tissues via a molecular bridge formed from calcium-reactive amines and acrylic or methacrylic ester monomers to hard tissues such as enamel, dentin, and bone. This formulation consists of an acid-stable polymerizable compound with multi-functional acrylate cross-linkers. This formula provides good self-adherence without prior preparation of the hard tissue substrates. The formulation can contain chemical- and/or light-activated free-radical initiators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: James C. Ragain, JR., Amer Tiba, David G. Charlton
  • Patent number: 8084514
    Abstract: This invention relates to composite materials for restorative dentistry. More particularly, it relates to new components for dental composites, which impart an attractive combination of good mechanical properties and low shrinkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Anton, Gary Delmar Jaycox
  • Publication number: 20110306697
    Abstract: Non-aqueous dental adhesive comprising a mixture containing (i) one or more polymerizable monomers optionally containing an acidic group, (ii) a polymerization initiator, and (iii) a thermal polymerization inhibitor of the following formula (I) wherein R?1 represents a hydrogen atom, or a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms. R?2, which may be the same or different if more than one R?2 is present, independently represent a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and c represents an integer of from 1 to 4, and (iv) optionally an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Joachim E. Klee, Uwe Lehmann
  • Patent number: 8076389
    Abstract: An adhesive composition including an etchant for a hard tissue surface, at least one multifunctional crosslinkable (meth)acrylate monomer with a functionality greater than 4, and water. The adhesive composition is a water-in-oil emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Prabhakara S. Rao, Steven M. Aasen, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Sumita B. Mitra, Bradley D. Craig, Brian A. Shukla, David J. Plaut, Victoria A. Russell
  • Publication number: 20110301639
    Abstract: A tissue sealant is described that includes the reaction product of (a) a polyol having at least two groups capable of reacting with an alkoxy silane and (b) an alkoxy silane having the formula: (R1R2R3)—Si—CH2—Z where (i) Z is an —OH, —SH, —NCO, or —NHR4 group, where R4 is hydrogen or an alkyl group; and (ii) each R1, R2, and R3, independently, is H, an alkoxy group, an alkyl group, a heteroalkyl group other than an alkoxy group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group, with the proviso that at least two of R1, R2, and R3 are alkoxy groups. The tissue sealant is moisture-curable and biodegradable in a physiological environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventor: Eric J. Beckman
  • Patent number: 8071076
    Abstract: An oral lubricant having usefulness for alleviating the symptoms of dry mouth and preventing accumulation of dental stains based on a polyvinyl alcohol polymer containing composition in an orally acceptable carrier or vehicle. The invention relates generally to an oral composition having a function in lubricating the mouth and preventing the formation of stains on the surfaces of the teeth. The active ingredients of the composition are a polyvinyl alcohol, a metal chelating agent, lipophilic vitamin, surface active material and a phenolic anti microbial agent with anti-inflammatory properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Oral Health Clinical Services LLC
    Inventor: Salim A. Nathoo