Patent ID: 7128903
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of removing and collecting a skin or mucous membrane lesion from a patient while preserving the morphology of the tissue thereof, the method comprising: (a) applying to the skin or mucous membrane lesion of said patient at least one preparation for mummification of a tissue, so as to obtain, following a mummification period, a mummified skin or mucous membrane lesion that dries and separates from a base tissue thereof and preserves the morphology of the tissue thereof; and (b) collecting said mummified skin or mucous membrane lesion that has separated from the base tissue; wherein said preparation for mummification of a tissue comprises, as active ingredients, an effective amount of a composition comprising trichloroacetic acid and one or both of hydrochloric acid and formic acid.