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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1972
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur Glick, Danbury, CT (US);
Lester Daniel Chirgwin, Jr, Stamford, CT (US);
Assignee:
American Cyanamid Company, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2642 / ; 1283355 ; 264211 ;
Abstract
Polyglycolic acid surgical elements, particularly sutures, are colored green to contrast with tissue, blood, and surroundings by extruding while melted the polyglycolic acid and concurrently in an optically homogeneous dispersion, from about 0.03% to 0.5% by weight of 1,4-bis(p-toluidino)-anthraquinone (D&C Green No. 6).