Dual capillary fiber coating process
US5989621A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 23, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB05D7/20
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for coating surgical fibers and surgical braids employing dual capillaries (10) in series. After the fiber (50) or braid is initially coated with a t-guide capillary (16), the fiber (50) or braid is dried using forced air within an enclosure (66) and then coated a second time by the second capillary (14), a v-guide capillary (52).
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