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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ying Jiang, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 ; A61K 4/730 ; A61B 1/704 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 ; A61K 4/730 ; A61B 1/704 ;
Abstract
A bioabsorbable blend is provided which comprises the reaction product of 1) a bioabsorbable copolymer obtained by polymerizing a major amount of epsilon-caprolactone and a minor amount of at least one other copolymerizable monomer in the presence of a polyhydric alcohol initiator and 2) the reaction product obtained by mixing polyalkylene glycol and a coplymer of glycolide/lactide copolymer. The blend has many uses, including that of a coating for a surgical suture.