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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:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey D Hutton, Southbury, CT (US);
Barry L Dumican, Newtown, CT (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Group S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01F / ; D02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 78 ; 8489 ; 8497 ; 8675 ; 264103 ; 2642108 ; 264211 ; 26421112 ; 26421114 ; 264280 ; 264341 ;
Abstract
A dyed braided suture is formed by dry blending a colorant and a thermoplastic resin; extruding the blend by melt spinning to form filaments; drawing the filaments, braiding the drawn filaments and converting the braided filaments to a suture.