US demand for medical and dental adhesives and sealants will rise 7.6 percent annually through 2011, driven by continuing new product development and increasing acceptance in surgical and consumer settings. Opportunities are expected for cyanoacrylate, polyethylene glycol and various plasma and protein types.
The aim of this study was to compare the physical properties (tensile strength and burst pressure) of TissuePatch3 with commercially available comparator products, namely TisseelTM(Baxter), TachoSil®(Nycomed) and PleuraSealTM(Covidien). The tensile strength of TissuePatch3 was statistically greater than that of TachoSil (t- test, p=0.01), under both wet and dry conditions. The tensile strength of PleuraSeal and Tisseel could not be assessed, due to problems during sample preparation. The mean burst pressure of Tisseel was significantly lower than that of TissuePatch3 (t- test, p=0.01).
