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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. 04, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark S Roby, Killingworth, CT (US);
Cheng-Kung Liu, Norwalk, CT (US);
Steven L Bennett, Southington, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ; C08G / ; C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606230 ; 606 77 ; 606151 ; 606219 ; 525408 ; 525409 ; 525411 ; 525413 ; 525415 ; 528354 ;
Abstract
Block copolymers have one of the block made from hard phase forming monomers and another block made from soft phase forming monomers copolymerized with randomly intermingled units of other soft phase forming monomers. Particularly useful copolymers are initiated with a polyalkylene oxide initiator. The copolymers are useful in forming surgical articles, including both monofilament and multifilament sutures.