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Dual capillary fiber coating process

US5989621A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateFeb 23, 1998
Grant dateNov 23, 1999
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2018

Classification

  • 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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