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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Howard Beroff, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Darrell R Thompson, Somerville, NJ (US);
Robert W Mericle, Lebanon, NJ (US);
William C Travis, Jr, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29F / ; B29F / ; A61B / ; A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
26432816 ; 128325 ; 1283 / ; 128346 ; 26433121 ; 528354 ;
Abstract
A process for molding surgical clips having improved in vivo performance characteristics from polymers of p-dioxanone. The polymers are heated to a temperature above their melt temperature and the molten polymer injected into a mold maintained at a temperature of 35.degree. C. or less.