Covidien LP

United States Surgical Corporation

Tyco Healthcare Group LP

Jon T Reinprecht

Mark S Roby

Joshua Benjamin Stopek

Ahmad Robert Hadba

John Matthew Kennedy

Garrett P Ebersole

Steven L Bennett

Cheng-Kung Liu

Amin Elachchabi

Ying Jiang

Nadya Belcheva

John J Kennedy

Joseph Hotter

Seth Gleiman

Jonathan D Thomas

Norman Aminuddin

Darlene Nebinger

John S Bobo

Ryan Witherell

Steve Tsai

Sajida S Faroogi

Sajida S Farooqi

Medical devices described herein include a melt-pressed film having first and second diffusion barrier layers disposed thereon. The melt-pressed film and the barrier layers comprise bioabsorbable copolymers. In a further aspect, a therapeutic agent, such as an analgesic is included in the medical device.

Medical device films

An implant includes a central portion composed of at least one yarn interconnected to form openings therein and a peripheral portion extending around the central portion. The peripheral portion includes at least one high strength yarn.

Surgical meshes

Flowable bioabsorbable compounds are provided which are useful in producing surgical adhesive or sealant compositions.

Bioabsorbable compounds and compositions containing them

An applicator assembly for mixing, homogenizing and/or emulsifying two or more components is disclosed. The applicator assembly includes a housing configured to receive a motor and a power source, a fluid supply source operably connected to the housing, the fluid supply sources including at least a first and a second source of solution, and a nozzle assembly extending from the housing and in fluid communication with the fluid supply source, the nozzle assembly including a smooth impeller for mixing the at least first and second solutions.

Dynamic mixing applicator

Block copolymers wherein one of the blocks is made from hard phase forming monomers and another of the blocks is made from soft phase forming monomers copolymerized with randomly intermingled units of other soft phase forming monomers. The copolymers are useful in forming surgical articles, including both monofilament and multifilament sutures.

Bioabsorbable suture and method of its manufacture

Absorbable mixtures are fabricated from a predominant component of fatty acid ester mixed with a copolymer comprising a predominant amount of epsilon-caprolactone and a minor amount of at least one other copolymerizable monomer of other bioabsorbable monomers. These mixtures are useful in forming coating for surgical articles, including multifilament sutures.

Absorbable mixture and coatings for surgical articles fabricated

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Jon T Reinprecht