Surgery – Instruments – Suture or ligature
Patent
1994-03-02
1995-04-04
Buttner, David
Surgery
Instruments
Suture or ligature
606 77, 606151, 606219, 525411, 525413, 525415, 528354, C08G 6418, C08G 6402, C08G 6306, C08G 6308
Patent
active
054033470
ABSTRACT:
Block copolymers wherein one of the blocks is made from hard phase forming monomers and another of the blocks is made from soft phase forming monomers copolymerized with randomly intermingled units of other soft phase forming monomers. The copolymers are useful in forming surgical articles, including both monofilament and multifilament sutures. The block copolymer preferably comprising:
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Bennett Steven L.
Liu Cheng-Kung
Roby Mark S.
Buttner David
United States Surgical Corporation
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