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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Cheng-Kung Liu, Norwalk, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D / ; D01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2642107 ; 2642108 ; 26421114 ; 2642356 ;
Abstract
Monofilaments fabricated from polymers derived in whole or in part from p-dioxanone are provided. The monofilaments exhibit improved tensile properties such as straight-pull strength and knot-pull strength. The monofilaments can be employed in the fabrication of a wide variety of surgical devices such as sutures, fabric prostheses, and the like.