Patent ID: 9579415
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61L,C08J,C09J

Claim:
1. A method of treating damaged tissue, the method comprising: applying a closure, the closure comprising a substrate suitable for application to a wound to stem bleeding, wherein said substrate is selected from the group consisting of a collagen sheet, bandage, gauze, cloth, tampon, membrane or sponge and is impregnated or coated with a tissue adhesive, said tissue adhesive comprising a matrix protein selected from the group consisting of fibrinogen, fibrin, collagen, fibronectin, keratin and laminin, or admixtures thereof, a photoactivatable metal-ligand complex and an electron acceptor; and irradiating the closure, thereby causing a cross-linking reaction between one of more matrix proteins within or coating the closure and the surrounding patient tissue.