US 11,872,244 B2
Thixotropic oxidized cellulose solutions and medical applications thereof
Rachit Ohri, Framingham, MA (US); Phillip D. Blaskovich, Salem, MA (US); Min-Shyan Sheu, Chelmsford, MA (US); and Petra Brockfeld, Cologne (DE)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/527,740.
Application 16/527,740 is a continuation of application No. 15/235,261, filed on Aug. 12, 2016, granted, now 10,413,566.
Application 15/235,261 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/694,112, filed on Apr. 23, 2015, granted, now 9,782,430, issued on Oct. 10, 2017.
Application 14/694,112 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/210,873, filed on Mar. 14, 2014, granted, now 10,328,095, issued on Jun. 25, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/952,164, filed on Mar. 13, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/857,332, filed on Jul. 23, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/791,475, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0350965 A1, Nov. 21, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 31/717 (2006.01); A61K 31/445 (2006.01); A61K 31/714 (2006.01); A61K 33/24 (2019.01); A61K 31/295 (2006.01); A61K 49/04 (2006.01); A61L 26/00 (2006.01); A61K 33/20 (2006.01); A61K 33/243 (2019.01)
CPC A61K 31/717 (2013.01) [A61K 31/295 (2013.01); A61K 31/445 (2013.01); A61K 31/714 (2013.01); A61K 33/20 (2013.01); A61K 33/24 (2013.01); A61K 33/243 (2019.01); A61K 49/048 (2013.01); A61L 26/0023 (2013.01); A61L 26/0061 (2013.01); A61L 26/0066 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
 
1. A method for forming an embolism within a blood vessel comprising:
implanting an oxidized cellulose slurry into a lumen of a blood vessel to at least partially block the lumen.