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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:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald G Hill, Hopatcong, NJ (US);
Margaret D'Aversa, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Ilya S Koyfman, Ringoes, NJ (US);
Ralph Louis Spengler, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Crawford R Britt, South Plainfield, NJ (US);
Robert J Cerwin, Pipersville, PA (US);
Hal Brent Woodrow, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606228 ; 606230 ;
Abstract
A surgical cord comprising a interlocking multifilament sheath and an interlocked multifilament core. The interlocking multifilament core construction is characterized by being braided or knitted; preferred are braided cores with a pick counts ranging between 5 and 40.
Published as:
US6045571A; WO0061202A1; AU3225200A; EP1171172A1; JP2002540901A; EP1171172B1; DE60007732D1; DE60007732T2; JP5005126B2;