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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2006
Shalaby W Shalaby, Anderson, SC (US);
Kenneth W Clinkscales, Easley, SC (US);
Kimberly A. Carpenter, Pendleton, SC (US);
Shalaby W Shalaby, Anderson, SC (US);
Kenneth W Clinkscales, Easley, SC (US);
Kimberly A. Carpenter, Pendleton, SC (US);
Poly-Med, Inc., Anderson, SC (US);
Abstract
This invention deals with a family of inorganic-organic hybrid, melt-extruded filaments having variable cross-sectional geometry with a cross-sectional area ranging between 100 μand 4 mm, wherein the inorganic component comprises at least 10 weight percent of the total system and is present as dispersed micro-/nanoparticles in an organic absorbable or non-absorbable matrix representing no more than 90 weight percent. Hybrid filaments are particularly useful for the production of absorbable/disintegratable coil components of an absorbable/disintegratable endoureteral stent and radiopaque surgical markers or sutures.