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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:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Luis E. Vera, Bergenfield, NJ (US);
Robert J. Cerwin, Pipersville, PA (US);
LeRoy Hugo Anderson, San Angelo, TX (US);
Vincent Foerst, No. Plainfield, NJ (US);
John J. Karl, Hopatcong, NJ (US);
Lesley F. Traver, Branchburg, NJ (US);
James Richard McDivitt, Flemington, NJ (US);
Jimmy Dalton Webber, Cornelia, GA (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 9/00 ; A01N 2/07 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 9/00 ; A01N 2/07 ;
Abstract
A method of sterilizing absorbable sutures using a sterilant gas such as ethylene oxide gas. The method utilizes a first degassing step, and a second degassing step at elevated temperatures to remove residual sterilant gas, diluent gas, by-products and moisture.