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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Ethicon, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Jackie J. Donners, Pennington, NJ (US);
Howard Scalzo, Jr., Somerville, NJ (US);
John Collier, Somerville, NJ (US);
Vedanta Nayak, Raritan, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61L 17/00 (2006.01); A61L 17/12 (2006.01); A61L 17/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61L 17/005 (2013.01); A61L 17/12 (2013.01); A61L 17/145 (2013.01); A61L 2300/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to coated medical devices, such as implantable and coatable devices, such as sutures, with expanded antibacterial properties, handling, knot slide and in-situ performance and processes for their manufacture and use.