Patent · US Expired

Suture material for surgery, processes for its production and the use thereof

US7141302B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Deutsche Institute fur Textile-und Faserforschung Stuttgart · DE

Inventors

Erhard Mueller · Stuttgart, DE
Heinrich Planck · Ratingen, DE
Sven Oberhoffner · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 14, 2001
Grant date	Nov 28, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 20, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/2967
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A suture material for surgery comprises one or more filaments and is formed with a coating, which is characterized in that the coating at least partly comprises a bioresorbable polymer, which is essentially formed from a random terpolymer with a completely amorphous structure.

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