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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:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
May. 12, 1995
Cheng-Kung Liu, Norwalk, CT (US);
Ying Jiang, North Haven, CT (US);
Mark S Roby, Killingworth, CT (US);
Steven L Bennett, New Haven, CT (US);
Richard P Stevenson, Colchester, CT (US);
Jeffrey P Pietrangeli, Bridgeport, CT (US);
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to composite materials having a core portion formed from a first bioabsorbable material and at least one shell portion of a second bioabsorbable material joined to the core portion. The first and second bioabsorbable materials have different rates of bioabsorption. In a preferred embodiment, the core portion is coextruded with the shell portion to form a composite filament or sheet. The materials of the present invention may be used as sutures or formed into medical devices or surgical articles for implantation within a living organism.
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