Absorbable .EPSILON.-caprolactone polymers as suture coatings displaying auto catalyzed hydrolysis
US5522842A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 11, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 11, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L29/085
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Crystalline, low melting .epsilon.-Caprolactone polymers which undergo accelerated hydrolysis for use, for example, as absorbable coatings for surgical sutures; the polymers bearing basic amine functionalities, ionically or covalently linked to the ester chain, which induce autocatalyzed hydrolysis.
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