Patent ID: 9572908
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A61L,C08L,C09J

Claim:
1. A method of manufacturing a composition-of-matter, wherein the composition-of-matter consists of a cross-linked form of a polysaccharide, at least one cross-linking agent comprised of divalent ions for effecting said cross-linked form of said polysaccharide, and at least one synthetically prepared phloroglucinol compound selected from group consisting of phloroglucinol, a derivative of phloroglucinol, and a polymer synthetically prepared from phloroglucinol or a derivative of phloroglucinol, the method comprising: providing the cross-linked form of the polysaccharide; providing the at least one cross-linking agent comprised of divalent ions; mixing the cross-linked form of the polysaccharide, the at least one cross-linking agent and the at least one phloroglucinol compound, thereby obtaining the composition-of-matter.