Neomycin fatty acid salt containing surgical sutures
CA 1083961 A · Owner: Howmedica, Inc. · Inventors: Kurtz, Leonard D.
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Abstract of the Disclosure, Soft, pliable polyfilamentous surgical sutures with knottability characteristics approaching the knottability characteristics of standard surgical silk and having a prophylactic and therapeutic effect against bacterial infections are prepared by providing throughout and onto the surface the body of the suture a neomycin salt of a fatty acid having 12-18 carbon atoms. In a preferred embodiment a soft, pliable, biocidal, polyfilamentous suture approaching or equal to the excellent. knotting characteristics of standard surgical silk is provided by introducing into the body and onto the surface of the surgical suture a combination of wax and the neomycin fatty acid …
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- Granted August 19, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 19, 1997.
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