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US 2010/0074953 A1Published application
Methods for intiating in situ formation of hydrogels
OwnerHassan Chaouk, Bruktawit Asfawinventors
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Abstract
Methods for initiating formation of hydrogels in situ from a gellable composition and an initiator where the initiator is provided as a solid article or is contained in a solution infused to the intended site of formation of the hydrogel.
Claims19
1-17. (canceled)
An embolotherapy composition comprising a gellable composition and a solid article initiator.
A method of embolotherapy comprising the steps:
- placing a solid article initiator at the intended site of embolotherapy;
- and
- delivering a gellable composition to the intended site of embolotherapy,
- wherein the solid article initiator converts the gellable composition into a hydrogel.
1 more element
A method of embolotherapy using a composition that gels in response to contact with an initiator, comprising the steps:
- providing a plurality of microspheres loaded with the initiator;
- placing the plurality of microspheres at the intended site of embolotherapy;
- delivering the composition to the intended site of embolotherapy so that it contacts the initiator and gels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.