CPC A61L 27/26 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0024 (2013.01); A61K 31/716 (2013.01); A61K 31/729 (2013.01); A61L 27/20 (2013.01); A61L 2430/34 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method of making a malleable soft tissue filler for use to fill a body cavity in the body of a mammal in which soft tissue has been removed to create the body cavity; the method of making a malleable soft tissue filler, comprising the steps of:
creating a mixture by mixing from about 0.5 percent by weight to about 2 percent by weight of a first cross-linking polysaccharide material and from about 0.01 percent by weight to about 0.3 percent by weight of a second cross-linking polysaccharide material with water for a sufficient time to form an aqueous suspension of both the first cross-linking polysaccharide material and the second cross-linking polysaccharide material; wherein the first cross-linking polysaccharide material is (1-3), (1-4) beta-D-glucan and wherein the second cross-linking polysaccharide material is agarose; and
lyophilizing the aqueous suspension.
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