Patent ID: 6464970
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: A61F,A61K,A61L

Abstract:
In a method of preventing surgical adhesions of tissue in surgery comprising coating surfaces involved in said surgery with an aqueous solution of a hydrophilic, polymeric material prior to manipulation of said tissue during said surgery wherein said polymeric material is a member selected from the group consisting of water-soluble, biocompatible, pharmaceutically acceptable polysaccharides, excluding hyaluronic acid having a molecular weight above about 1.500.000, synthetic polymers, salts and complexes thereof and mixtures thereof, the improvement wherein said hydrophilic, polymeric material (1) has a molecular weight of about 500,000 or above, and (2) has a concentration in said aqueous solution in the range of from about 0.01% to about 15%, by weight.