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Synthetic copolymer surgical articles and method of manufacturing the same

  • US 4,429,080 A
  • Filed: 07/01/1982
  • Issued: 01/31/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical article manufactured from a fiber having a bending modulus of less than 500,000 psi, said fiber manufactured from a triblock copolymer comprising a proportion of units having the formula:

  • ##STR13## 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;

    ##STR14## as the middle block wherein the middle block comprises 70-95 percent, by weight, of units of formula II and the total copolymer comprises 30-40 percent, by weight, of units of formula II.

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