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Bioabsorbable copolymer and coating composition containing same

  • US 5,543,218 A
  • Filed: 05/15/1995
  • Issued: 08/06/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical suture coated with a coating composition comprising a branched or star shaped bioabsorbable copolymer obtained by polymerizing a major amount of ε

  • -caprolactone and a minor amount of at least one other copolymerizable monomer in the presence of polyhydric alcohol having 3 or more hydroxy groups as initiator, said suture exhibiting a mean force for achieving knot run down which is less than that exhibited by a suture coated with a coating composition which is obtained in the same manner but with a dihydric alcohol as initiator.

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