Suture coated with a polyvinyl ester

Details Suture coated with a polyvinyl ester Suture coated with a polyvinyl ester

1991-11-12

1992-09-15

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Instruments

Suture or ligature

606228, A61L 1700

Patent

active

051473836

ABSTRACT:
A surgical suture having a coating thereon of at least one polyvinyl ester, and a method for improving the knot tiedown performance of a suture by first coating a polyvinyl ester solution onto the surface of the suture and then removing the solvent from the coated suture.

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