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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:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark E Hammer, Tampa, FL (US);
Steven T Charles, Germantown, TN (US);
John C Lang, Arlington, TX (US);
Robert Y Lochhead, Hattiesburg, MS (US);
Lon J Mathias, Hattiesburg, MS (US);
Assignees:
Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08F / ; A61B / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428421 ; 526242 ; 526245 ; 526247 ; 526248 ; 606-1 ; 623-4 ; 6048901 ; 5147723 ; 5147724 ; 5147726 ; 514839 ; 514912 ; 514915 ; 424 7804 ;
Abstract
Coatings for surgical instruments which comprise substituted fluoroalkyl or perfluoroalkyl monomers having anionic, cationic, and/or nonionic surface active functionality in the unsaturated fluorophobic ends.