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Patent Pending Heparin (from Ancient Greek ηπαρ (hepar), liver), a highly sulfated glycosaminoglycan, is widely used as an injectable anticoagulant, and has the highest negative charge density of any known biological molecule.[3] It can also be used to form an inner anticoagulant surface on various experimental and medical devices such as test tubes and renal dialysis machines.