Surgical suture material, its use in surgery and process for its production

US6011121A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• B. Braun Surgical GmbH · CH

Inventors

• Helmut Goldmann · Tuttlingen, DE
• Helmut Hierlemann · Göppingen, DE
• Erhard Mueller · Stuttgart, DE
• Heinrich Planck · Ratingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 13, 1997
• Grant date: Jan 4, 2000
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/2969
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgical suture material of absorbable, synthetic polymer is formed from glycolide-trimethylene carbonate copolymer with a glycolide content higher than 76 wt. % and with a statistical distribution of the monomers. Within 9 to 21 days, the suture material has a complete breaking strength loss and is completely absorbed in vivo after 35 to 91 days.