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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:
Jun. 19, 1990
Filed:
May. 02, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen Papp, Jr, Edison, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc., Arlington, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604362 ; 604370 ; 128156 ; 424-4 ; 523117 ;
Abstract
A radiopaque, polymeric composition suitable for printing onto surgical fabrics to provide an X-ray detectable marker is obtained by dispersing a heavy metal salt such as barium sulfate in a liquid polymer carrier. The barium sulfate has an average particle size greater than about 5 microns and is present in an amount of from about 15 to 90% by weight of total solids of said composition.