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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin Cooper, Warren, NJ (US);
Steven C Arnold, Sparta, NJ (US);
Angelo Scopelianos, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; B28B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424426 ; 425-2 ;
Abstract
Absorbable binary and tertiary blends of homopolymers and copolymers of poly(lactide), poly(glycolide), poly(.epsilon.-caprolactone), and poly(p-dioxanone) are described. The blends when used to manufacture medical devices exhibit shape retention, dimensional stability and palpability without loss of the strength, stiffness and BSR found for poly(lactide) homopolyers and/or poly(lactide-co-glycolide) copolymers.