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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:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Kennedy, Stratford, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B / ; B29B / ; B29B / ; B29B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264-8 ; 264 13 ;
Abstract
A process is provided for preparing particles of polymer by heating the polymer having an inherent viscosity not exceeding about 0.6 dl/g when measured at a temperature of about 30.degree. C. in chloroform or hexafluoroisopropanol, dividing the heated polymer into particles, and then solidifying these particles such that substantially no fibers are formed among the particles.