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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:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven L Bennett, Southington, CT (US);
Ying Jiang, North Haven, CT (US);
Elliott A Gruskin, Killingworth, CT (US);
Kevin M Connolly, Hamden, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ; C08G / ; C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524 54 ; 525408 ; 525409 ; 525411 ; 525413 ; 525415 ; 528 73 ; 528 76 ; 424 7806 ; 424426 ; 604304 ;
Abstract
Star polymers of soft segment forming monomers are useful in forming surgical devices. The star polymers can be endcapped with isocyanate, mixed with a filler and/or cross-linked. The polymer compositions are useful, for example, as fiber coatings, surgical adhesives or bone putty, or tissue growth substrate.