Patent ID: 9364513
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: A61K,A61L,A61P

Claim Text:
1. A method for inhibiting the flow of a bodily fluid from a surgical incision or wound site on or in an animal, comprising: applying a composition comprising self-assembling peptides to an exposed surface of a surgical incision or wound site on or in the animal, wherein the self-assembling peptides consist of a sequence of from 8 to 16 amino acid residues conforming to one or more of Formulas I-IV: wherein Xaa wherein the composition is a solution or a solid, wherein the concentration of self-assembling peptides in the solution is between 1.0% weight to volume and 4.0% weight to volume, inclusive, wherein the composition has a concentration of ions less than 5 mM and wherein the self-assembling peptides are in a concentration effective to form a macroscopic structure upon contacting a concentration of ions greater than 5 mM at the surgical incision or wound site that prevents passage of the bodily fluid from the surgical incision or wound site through the structure.