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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2005
Applicant:
Gerald D. Cagle, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Gerald D. Cagle, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Novartis AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surgical knife blade or other surgical device containing an anti-microbial coating. The coating may be adhered to the device by a water-soluble adhesive that allows the anti-microbial coating to be released into the wound track. The coating may be of a consistency that allows a certain amount of the coating to slough off and pool or puddle around the surgical site as the surgical device is moved into and out of the surgical site.