Surgery – Instruments – Suture or ligature
Patent
1992-06-12
1994-05-17
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Suture or ligature
606231, 428375, 428378, A61L 1700
Patent
active
053124375
ABSTRACT:
An absorbable composition for application to a surgical suture to improve the knot tie-down and/or knot security characteristics thereof is obtained from the reaction of a poly(oxypropylene) glycol and a lactide/glycolide copolymer, optionally, in the presence of an initiator and/or catalyst.
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Bennett Steven L.
Hermes Matthew E.
Kaplan Donald S.
Totakura Nagabhushanam
Jackson Gary
Pellegrino Stephen C.
United States Surgical Corporation
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