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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:
Dec. 15, 1987
Filed:
May. 30, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
David C MacGregor, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
Cordis Corporation, Miami, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1283355 ; 623 11 ; 623 13 ; 623 66 ;
Abstract
Surgical sutures are provided that have a surface which has a porous structure. The porous structure can be formed from a plurality of fibers that are wound onto an elongated central core of the suture, or from a mixture including elutable particles that is cast into the configuration of a suture, either as a generally unitary cylinder or over an elongated central core of the suture.