Edward J Scanlon

US Patent:

53542690, Oct 11, 1994

Filed:

Dec 20, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/811269

Inventors:

Clyde R. Goodheart - Lincolnshire IL
Ralph H. Silverman - Morton Grove IL
M. Satya Murthy - Glenview IL
Edward F. Scanlon - Northbrook IL

Assignee:

Fibrogenex, Inc. - Morton Grove IL

International Classification:

A61M 3100
A61K 3702

US Classification:

604 49

Abstract:

A method for preparing fibronectin and further a process for treating cancer resections which prevents or reduces local recurrences of cancer in procedures in which cancerous tissues are resected comprising the steps of: mixing a pharmaceutical fibronectin with a suspending medium to provide a fibronectin composition; applying the fibronectin composition to a surgically exposed tissue from the cancer resection; and closing the surgically exposed tissue using conventional suturing techniques.