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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:
Jul. 04, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshito Ikada, Uzi, JP;
Shokyu Gen, Uzi, JP;
Tatsuya Kawai, Hiroshima, JP;
Takashi Matsuda, Hiroshima, JP;
Assignees:
Japan Medical Supply Co., Ltd., all of, JP;
Gunze Co., Ltd.,, all of, JP;
Bio Materials Universe, Inc., all of, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1283355 ; 427-2 ;
Abstract
A suture coating composition comprising a sucrose fatty acid ester and sutures coated therewith whereby said sutures exhibit improved smoothness in tie-down properties and knotting can be readily accomplished using said suture.