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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:
Nov. 10, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
David W Wang, Vestal, NY (US);
Donald J Casey, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Leonard T Lehmann, Danbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
American Cyanamid Company, Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524381 ; 523105 ; 523113 ; 528354 ; 528361 ; 427-2 ;
Abstract
A surgical suture coating comprising a random copolymer is disclosed. The copolymer has about 25 to 75 weight percent of glycolic acid ester linkages. The remaining linkages comprise at least trimethylene carbonate. The copolymer has a glass transition temperature at or below ambient temperature.