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7626070 Reinforced closure anchor  
A reinforced closure anchor includes a fabric layer having an adhesive side, an opposite non-adhesive side, and an outer edge. An anchor member layer having a reinforcing structure, an adhesive...
7435789 Crystalline high-compliance glycolide copolymers and applications thereof  
The present invention is directed toward an absorbable crystalline segmented copolymer comprising a polyalkylene succinate segment end-grafted in a single-step with a mixture of monomers comprising...
7378144 Oriented polymer implantable device and process for making same  
A device is formed by the process into a bone screw or fastener, wherein the head has a degree of polymer alignment and strength, and wherein the shank has a higher degree of polymer alignment and...
7192437 High strength fibers of l-lactide copolymers, ε-caprolactone, and trimethylene carbonate and absorbable medical constructs thereof  
The present invention is directed to crystalline copolymers of l-lactide and a minor portion of a cyclic monomer, preferably ε-caprolactone or trimethylene carbonate or both. The present...
7148315 Monomer addition techniques to control manufacturing of bioabsorbable copolymers  
Monomer addition methodology is provided to adjust monomer addition rates to a polymerization reactor. Advantages of the invention include control of bioabsorbable copolymer structure, improvement...
7129319 Amorphous polymeric polyaxial initiators and compliant crystalline copolymers therefrom  
An absorbable crystalline, monocentric polyaxial copolymer comprising a central carbon or nitrogen atom and at least three axes, each of which includes an amorphous flexible component adjacent and...
7070858 Amorphous polymeric polyaxial initiators and compliant crystalline copolymers therefrom  
An absorbable crystalline, monocentric polyaxial copolymer comprising a central carbon or nitrogen atom and at least three axes, each of which includes an amorphous flexible component adjacent and...
7048753 Coated, slow-absorbing textile constructs for sutures and tissue engineering  
The present invention is directed to crystalline copolymers of l-lactide and a minor portion of a cyclic monomer, preferably ε-caprolactone or trimethylene carbonate or both. The present...
7044916 Technique to confirm correct positioning of arterial wall sealing device  
Methods and systems related to sealing punctures in blood vessels (such as following an angio or PTCA procedure) are disclosed. The position of a distal end of an introducer assembly in tissue is...
7026437 Amorphous polymeric polyaxial initiators and compliant crystalline copolymers therefrom  
An absorbable crystalline, monocentric polyaxial copolymer comprising a central carbon or nitrogen atom and at least three axes, each of which includes an amorphous flexible component adjacent and...
6977231 Suturable adhesion-preventing membrane  
A suturable adhesion-preventing membrane has high suture strength, good biocompatibility, decomposition and absorption in a living body, sufficient adhesion-preventing effect, and desirable guided...
6881766 Sutures and coatings made from therapeutic absorbable glass  
Sutures fabricated from and/or coated with compositions including water-soluble glass are described herein. Pledgets containing water-soluble glass within the interstices of the pledget and/or...
6878757 Antimicrobial suture coating  
Compositions with antimicrobial properties contain a fatty acid ester salt mixed with a bioabsorbable copolymer. These compositions are useful in forming coatings for surgical articles, including...
6794484 Crystallizable polylactone copolymers prepared from mono- and di-functional polymerization initiators  
The present invention is directed to absorbable polylactone copolymers prepared in part from about 2 to about 80 mole percent glycolide, utilizing a combination of a monofunctional polymerization...
6747121 Poly(L-lactide-co-glycolide) copolymers, methods for making and using same, and devices containing same  
The present invention relates in general to implantable, resorbable copolymers containing L-lactide and glycolide repeat units, and in particular to terpolymers containing L-lactide, glycolide, and...
6743505 Bioabsorbable multifilament yarn and methods of manufacture  
The present invention relates to a process of forming bioabsorbable, multifilament yarn from Lactide-rich copolymers, including the steps of extruding and spinning a Lactide-rich copolymer to form...
6703035 Absorbable &egr -caprolactone copolymers  
This invention deals with crystalline, nitrogen copolyester lubricant coating devices comprising sutures, wherein said lubricant comprises a triaxial copolyester chain with a central nitrogenous...
6689153 Methods and apparatus for a coated anchoring device and/or suture  
A coated/impregnated anchoring device and/or suture to prevent infection, deliver site specific drugs, and deliver human growth factors to the surgical site. The coatings can include anti-microbial...
6656922 Oral delivery of macromolecules  
Polysaccharides, which are widely used as an anticoagulation drugs, especially heparin, are clinically administered only by intravenous or subcutaneous injection because of their strong...
6624097 Implantable fibers and medical articles  
An implantable medical article as well as an implantable fiber which is particularly useful for medical implants is disclosed. The fiber includes comprises a first component formed from a...
6607548 Resorbable polymer compositions  
A novel polymer composition is provided which includes a base material including a biodegradable polymer or copolymer, and a copolymer additive including one or more monomers imparting a tensile...
6596818 Irradiation conversion of thermoplastic to thermoset polymers  
Disclosed is a radiation-crosslinkable thermoplastic polymer composition, a process for the preparation thereof, an angioplasty balloon made using such a composition, and a method of using the...
6589943 Formulation of amphiphilic heparin derivatives for enhancing mucosal absorption  
Formulations for enhanced mucosal absorption of heparin are disclosed. In one embodiment, a powdered heparin composition is made by dissolving an amphiphilic heparin derivative including heparin...
6494898 Absorbable copolymers and surgical articles fabricated therefrom  
A synthetic absorbable monofilament comprising glycolide and epsilon caprolactone is provided. The monofilament exhibits physical characteristics equivalent to or superior than gut sutures. The...
6335383 Microdispersions for coating surgical devices  
The present invention provides surgical article and suture coated with bioabsorbable microdispersions which contains a fluid carrier that is a liquid polymer and a particular material.
6264674 Process for hot stretching braided ligatures  
The present invention provides an apparatus and process for improving the properties of braided ligature by hot stretching the braid.
6245753 Amphiphilic polysaccharide derivatives  
Polysaccharides, which are widely used as an anticoagulation drugs, especially heparin, are clinically administered only by intravenous or subcutaneous injection because of their strong...
6235869 Absorbable polymers and surgical articles fabricated therefrom  
Synthetic absorbable medical devices made totally or in part from a random polymer comprising glycolide, lactide, trimethylene carbonate, and caprolactone are provided. The polymer can be...
6197320 Absorbable E-caprolactone polymers and medical devices  
Crystalline, low melting -Caprolactone polymers which undergo accelerated hydrolysis, and their use as lubricant coatings and/or as coatings containing bioactive agents, as carriers of viable...
6130271 Deformable absorbable surgical device  
A deformable surgical repair device is manufactured from a block or graft copolymer. The copolymer comprises a plurality of first linkages selected from the group consisting of glycolic acid ester...
6113624 Absorbable elastomeric polymer  
Medical devices or components for medical devices formed from bioabsorbable elastomers comprising a segmented copolymer are disclosed. The segmented copolymer is a copolymer of from about 30 to...
6093200 Composite bioabsorbable materials and surgical articles made therefrom  
Composite materials have a core portion formed from a biocompatible material and at least one shell portion of a biocompatible material joined to the core portion. In a preferred embodiment, the...
6031018 Solventless tipping of braided surgical ligature  
The present claims are directed to a tipped surgical suture and a solventless method for making a tipped suture comprising a suture coated with 6-30 weight percent, based on the total weight of the...
5972366 Drug releasing surgical implant or dressing material  
A surgical implant or external wound dressing which functions as both a hemostat and a device to safely and effectively deliver any of a number of pharmaceuticals to targeted tissue at a controlled...
5939191 Coated gut suture  
A gut suture is coated with a bioabsorbable copolymer obtained by polymerizing a major amount of ε-caprolactone and a minor amount of at least one other copolymerizable monomer in the presence of...
5925065 Coated gut suture  
A coated gut suture is prepared by applying a moisture-retaining substance to the gut suture, followed by coating the suture with a synthetic bioabsorbable polymer. A particularly useful...
5895413 Surgical suture  
The invention relates to a surgical suture which can be used for stitching together extensive skin deformations or skin areas desired to be surgically removed or in view of preventing the expansion...
5891166 Surgical suture having an ultrasonically formed tip, and apparatus and method for making same  
An apparatus and method for ultrasonically forming a surgical suture tip from a length of unfinished surgical suture material. The apparatus includes a first tipping die having a first face for...
5891167 Collagen coated gut suture  
A catgut suture includes a dehydrothermal cross-linked collagen coating which is insoluble in tubing solution. The collagen coating is formed by immersing the gut suture in a solution of collagen...
5889075 Irradiated surgical suture and method for making same  
A surgical suture fabricated from a copolymer containing dioxanone, trimethylene carbonate and glycolide is treated with gamma radiation to enhance bioabsorbability without adversely effecting...
5876421 Residual xylene removal from sutures  
A method for removing residual xylene from sutures includes contacting the suture with water either subjecting the suture to an atmosphere containing water vapor or be immersing the suture in...
5871502 Process for manufacturing a polypropylene monofilament suture  
The present invention provides an improved process for manufacturing a polypropylene monofilament suture comprising aging a polypropylene filament that has been drawn in two separate drawing steps...
5868788 High-strength, melt-processable, lactade-rich, poly(lactade-co-p-dioxanone) copolymers  
Absorbable, segmented copolymers of aliphatic polyesters based on lactone monomers lactide, and p-dioxanone are described. The segmented copolymers exhibit a broad range of properties, especially...
5786022 Coating mixture for surgical articles  
The present invention provides a coating mixture composed of a solvent selected from the group consisting of ethyl acetate, ethyl acetate/ethanol, n-propyl acetate/acetone, isopropyl...
5713920 Elastomeric medical device  
Medical devices or components for medical devices formed from bioabsorbable elastomers comprising a random copolymer are disclosed. The random copolymer is a copolymer of from about 30 to about 70...
5695879 Surgical suture material and method of making and using same  
A surgical suture material of absorbable, synthetic polymer is formed from glycolide-trimethylene carbonate copolymer with a glycolide content higher than 76 wt. % and with a statistical...
5633343 High strength, fast absorbing, melt processable, gycolide-rich, poly(glycolide-co-p-dioxanone) copolymers  
Absorbable, segmented copolymers of aliphatic polyesters based on lactone monomers glycolide, and p-dioxanone are described. The segmented copolymers exhibit a broad range of properties, especially...
5621050 Coating for tissue drag reduction  
This invention relates to materials for medical or veterinary use that possess considerably improved properties with regard to friction. The invention also relates to the production of such...
5609609 Surgical suture and method for preparation thereof  
The invention provides a surgical suture comprising a suture body and a coating layer comprising ingredients A, B and C: <ingredient A> at least one higher fatty acid salt; ...
5584858 Tubing fluid  
A coating and tubing fluid for sutures, especially gut sutures, is provided. The coating composition includes linseed oil, an organic solvent and a catalyst. The tubing fluid includes water, a...
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