Hein, Simon http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9191-3264
Schoeb, Dominik Stefan
Grunwald, Ingo
Richter, Katharina
Haberstroh, Jörg
Seidl, Maximilian
Bronsert, Peter
Wetterauer, Ulrich
Schoenthaler, Martin
Miernik, Arkadiusz
Funding for this research was provided by:
Germany Ministry of Education and Research BMBF (031A387)
Article History
Received: 11 November 2017
Accepted: 19 January 2018
First Online: 24 January 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Ulrich Wetterauer: advisory board, DR. KADE Pharmazeutische Fabrik GmbH, Berlin, Germany (unrelated to the presented work). Martin Schoenthaler: consultant contract with Schoelly GmbH, Denzlingen, Germany and NeoTract Inc., Pleasanton, U.S.A. (both unrelated to the present work). Arkadiusz Miernik: consultant contract with Schoelly GmbH, Denzlingen, Germany (unrelated to the present work). In addition, Martin Schoenthaler, Arkadiusz Miernik, Ingo Grunwald, and Katharina Richter hold the patents AU002013387207A1, CA000002910164A1, CN000105283140A, EP000002988682A1, EP000002796101B1, EP000002796101A1, KR102016004322A, US020160074561A1, and WO002014173468A1 all issued to the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and the Fraunhofer Society for the Advancement of Applied Research and covering the technology of the novel bioadhesive system reported in this study. None of the other authors has any conflict of interest or financial ties to disclose.
: Animal studies were approved by the local governmental review board for animal studies and performed in accordance with current EU regulations (2017/63/EU). The study was approved by our local ethics committee and was therefore performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. All participants gave their informed consent to provide stone material prior to their inclusion in the study. Number 296/15, Ethics Committee of the University Medical Center Freiburg. Animal Welfare Committee’s of the University of Freiburg: registration no: G-15/147 German Clinical Trial Register ID: DRKS00010243 (approved WHO primary register).
: Research grant from the Germany Ministry of Education and Research BMBF (031A387) and own institutional funding, IRB approved protocol number: 296/15 leading ethics committee: Ethik-Kommission der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany.