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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:
Mar. 15, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew E Hain, New Haven, CT (US);
Michael P Chesterfield, Norwalk, CT (US);
Ilya Koyfman, Orange, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D / ; D01D / ; D01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 85 ; 264103 ; 264233 ; 2642896 ; 2642905 ; 2643 / ; 264344 ; 264345 ;
Abstract
A suture strand is subjected to dynamic treatment by passing the suture with multiple turns around at least two godets located within a heating zone provided by an oven. The suture strand can be bioabsorbable or non-bioabsorbable, and either monofilament or multifilament. A combination of large and small diameter godets in the oven can achieve dynamic relaxation or stretching.