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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. 17, 1996
Filed:
May. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Cheng-Kung Liu, Norwalk, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264103 ; 29433 ; 264211 ; 264238 ;
Abstract
Filaments made from a mixture of absorbable polymers and plasticizers are used to make surgical articles. Preferred plasticizers used in the mixture are stearic acid and its salts.