Synthetic copolymer surgical articles and method of manufacturing the same
CA 1204894 A · Owner: Tyco Group S.A.R.L. · Inventors: Roby, Mark S.; Casey, Donald J.
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A triblock copolymer having a proportion of units having the formula:, (I), as the end blocks, said formula I as an end block having a hydrogen atom attached to the terminal oxygen atom and the formula (I), randomly combined with a proportion of units having the formula: (II), as the middle block finds particular advantageous use in manufacturing absorbable monofilament sutures and other surgical articles. A surgical article is manufactured from a synthetic absorbable copolymer formed by copolymerizing glycolide with 1,3- dioxan-2-one (trimethylene carbonate) wherein a combination of the monomers is substantially completely polymerized before the addition of the other monomer in the …
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- Granted May 20, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 20, 2003.
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