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Absorbable coating and blend and suture coated therewith

US5378540A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 1993
Grant dateJan 3, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31725
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Absorbable coating and absorbable blend of polycaprolactone ant crystallization modifier especially suitable for use in the coating of surgical sutures and in the controlled release of chemical or pharmaceutical agents.

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