Crystalline p-dioxanone/glycolide copolymers and surgical devices made therefrom
US4653497A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 1985 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S525/937
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Copolymers are made by reacting glycolide with a mixture of p-dioxanone monomer and homopolymer. The copolymers are useful in making surgical devices such as surgical sutures.
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