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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2001
Margaret D'Aversa, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Howard L. Scalzo, Jr., Kenilworth, NJ (US);
Dennis D. Jamiolkowski, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Rao S. Bezwada, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Donald G. Hill, Hopatcong, NJ (US);
Alastair W. Hunter, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses a process for producing a braided suture having an improved knot strength comprising heating a braided suture coated with a low molecular weight biocompatible polymer to a temperature sufficient to melt the low molecular weight biocompatible polymer for a time sufficient to allow the low molecular polymer to be redistributed into the interstices of the braided suture thereby providing a coated braided suture with an improved knot tensile strength. Also disclosed is the coated braided suture having a low molecular weight polymer optimally dispersed throughout the braided suture's cross-section.