CA2160202A1 - Absorbable polymer and surgical articles fabricated therefrom - Google Patents

Absorbable polymer and surgical articles fabricated therefrom

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CA2160202A1
CA2160202A1 CA002160202A CA2160202A CA2160202A1 CA 2160202 A1 CA2160202 A1 CA 2160202A1 CA 002160202 A CA002160202 A CA 002160202A CA 2160202 A CA2160202 A CA 2160202A CA 2160202 A1 CA2160202 A1 CA 2160202A1
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surgical articles
absorbable polymer
fabricated therefrom
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Mark S. Roby
Donald S. Kaplan
Cheng-Kung Liu
Steven L. Bennett
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United States Surgical Corp
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08G—MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS
    • C08G63/00—Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions forming a carboxylic ester link in the main chain of the macromolecule
    • C08G63/66—Polyesters containing oxygen in the form of ether groups
    • C08G63/664—Polyesters containing oxygen in the form of ether groups derived from hydroxy carboxylic acids
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L17/00—Materials for surgical sutures or for ligaturing blood vessels ; Materials for prostheses or catheters
    • A61L17/06—At least partially resorbable materials
    • A61L17/10—At least partially resorbable materials containing macromolecular materials
    • A61L17/105—Polyesters not covered by A61L17/12
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L17/00—Materials for surgical sutures or for ligaturing blood vessels ; Materials for prostheses or catheters
    • A61L17/06—At least partially resorbable materials
    • A61L17/10—At least partially resorbable materials containing macromolecular materials
    • A61L17/12—Homopolymers or copolymers of glycolic acid or lactic acid
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
    • A61L31/00—Materials for other surgical articles, e.g. stents, stent-grafts, shunts, surgical drapes, guide wires, materials for adhesion prevention, occluding devices, surgical gloves, tissue fixation devices
    • A61L31/04—Macromolecular materials
    • A61L31/06—Macromolecular materials obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds

Abstract

Absorbable copolymers are fabricated from a predominant component of dioxanone randomly copolymerized with minor amounts of other bioabsorbable monomers. The copolymers are useful in forming surgical articles, including both monofilament and multifilament sutures.
CA002160202A 1994-10-11 1995-10-10 Absorbable polymer and surgical articles fabricated therefrom Expired - Lifetime CA2160202C (en)

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US08/320,814 1994-10-11
US08/320,814 US5618313A (en) 1994-10-11 1994-10-11 Absorbable polymer and surgical articles fabricated therefrom

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CA2160202C CA2160202C (en) 2007-06-26

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EP (1) EP0706804B1 (en)
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DE (1) DE69521471T2 (en)

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US5618313A (en) 1997-04-08
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EP0706804A1 (en) 1996-04-17
DE69521471T2 (en) 2002-01-17
CA2160202C (en) 2007-06-26

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