Disclosed are methods for inhibiting acute and/or late radiation/induced skin damage during treatment of a patient with ionizing radiation by application of a layer of cyanoacrylate adhesive to the skin surface prior to exposure of the surface to ionizing radiation.
Disclosed are methods for inhibiting acute radiation-induced skin damage during treatment of a patient with ionizing radiation by application of a layer of biocompatible polymer to the skin surface prior to exposure of the surface to ionizing radiation.
Disclosed are methods for inhibiting late radiation-induced skin damage during treatment of a patient with ionizing radiation by application of a layer of biocompatible polymer to the skin surface prior to exposure of the surface to ionizing radiation.
A cyanoacrylate adhesive is applied onto surface skin areas prone to ulceration or irritation so as to inhibit irritation of the surface skin due to contact with an artificial device such as prosthetic devices, bandages, casts, etc.
A sterile or non-sterile flavored monomeric adhesive composition includes a flavoring additive and a monomer. The composition can be applied, for example, to skin or the inside of the mouth. A method of making a sterile, flavored adhesive composition includes placing a mixture of a polymerizable adhesive monomer and a flavoring additive in a container, sealing the container, and sterilizing the mixture and the container. The flavored adhesive composition is particularly useful as a medical adhesive and can include 1,1 -disubstituted ethylene monomers, such as .alpha.-cyanoacrylates.
Disclosed are kits of parts comprising a first container comprising a cyanoacrylate composition and a second container comprising a compatible antimicrobial agent and, in particular, a compatible iodine containing antimicrobial agent. Mixture of these compositions provide for in situ formation of an antimicrobial polymeric cyanoacrylate film on mammalian skin.
