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Antimicrobial packaged medical device and method of preparing same

  • US 20050101993A1
  • Filed: 06/25/2003
  • Published: 05/12/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An antimicrobial suture produced according to the steps of:

  • positioning a suture and an antimicrobial agent source within a package, said antimicrobial agent being selected from the group consisting of halogenated hydroxyl ethers, acyloxydiphenyl ethers, and combinations thereof; and

    subjecting the package, the suture and the antimicrobial agent source to time, temperature and pressure conditions sufficient to vapor transfer an effective amount of the antimicrobial agent from the antimicrobial agent source to the suture, thereby substantially inhibiting bacterial colonization on the suture.

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