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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter K Jarrett, Trumbull, CT (US);
Donald J Casey, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Leonard T Lehmann, Danbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
American Cyanamid Company, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1283355 ; 528354 ; 528361 ; 428395 ;
Abstract
A bioabsorbable coating for a surgical article comprises a copolymer manufactured from the monomer caprolactone and at least one other copolymerizable monomer. The surgical article can be a bioabsorbable suture or ligature.