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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald J Cercone, East Lyme, CT (US);
Scott J Quaratella, Westerly, RI (US);
Arthur A Gertzman, Woodbridge, CT (US);
Assignee:
Merocel Corporation, Mystic, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604369 ; 604304 ; 604358 ; 604378 ; 602 41 ; 602 42 ; 602 43 ; 602 46 ; 602 47 ; 602 58 ; 602 59 ;
Abstract
A surgical device constructed of a polyvinyl acetal sponge body constructed with an average pore diameter ranging from about 0.02 to about 1.2 mm and opposite sides laminated with a surface film layer of about 0.0015 inches thick. The laminate surface film layer is perforated with a plurality of holes allowing access to the body of the surgical device having a diameter ranging from about 0.1 to about 0.7 mm allowing absorbtion of fluid through the laminate layer into the sponge body of the device.