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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:
Dec. 05, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ross R Muth, Brookfield, CT (US);
Matthew E Hermes, Easton, CT (US);
Donald S Kaplan, Weston, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424422 ; 424423 ; 424443 ; 424444 ; 424445 ; 424446 ; 424447 ; 422 34 ; 623-1 ; 623 11 ; 606139 ; 606151 ; 606233 ;
Abstract
A human growth factor (HGF), a human growth factor-containing composition or a medical or surgical device such as a wound dressing or suture filled with a human growth factor-containing composition is sterilized employing an ethylene oxide gaseous sterilizant.