Bioabsorbable copolymer and coating composition containing same

Details Bioabsorbable copolymer and coating composition containing same Bioabsorbable copolymer and coating composition containing same

1995-05-15

1996-08-06

Resan, Stevan A.

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Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand,...

Rod, strand, filament or fiber

428378, 424422, 424423, A61B 1900, D06M 1500

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055432182

ABSTRACT:
A bioabsorbable copolymer is obtained from the polymerization of a major amount of .epsilon.-caprolactone and a minor amount of at least one other copolymerizable monomer in the presence of a polyhydric alcohol initiator. The copolymer is useful, inter alia, as a coating for a surgical suture.

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