Surgical fastener made from glycolide-rich polymer blends

US4889119A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Dennis D. Jamiolkowski · Long Valley, US
• Mark T. Gaterud · Phoenix, US
• Hugh D. Newman, Jr. · Mount Olive, US
• Shalaby W. Shalaby · Anderson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 20, 1988
• Grant date: Dec 26, 1989
• Expiry date: Jan 20, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/0643
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

There is described a surgical fastener comprising a glycolide-rich blend of two or more polymers, one polymer being a high lactide content polymer and another being a high glycolide content polymer. The blend as a whole contains from about 65 to 85 weight percent polymerized glycolide, with the high glycolide content polymer constituting at least 50 weight percent of the blend.