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US 10,517,984 B2Granted
Antimicrobial wound closure materials, including antimicrobial sutures, and method for closing a wound using the same
AssigneeCorMedix Inc.
InventorsRobert DiLuccio, Z. Paul Lorenc, Randy Milby
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Abstract
An antimicrobial suture comprising a filament and taurolidine.
Claims31
An antimicrobial suture comprising at least one filament and an antimicrobial consisting of taurolidine carried by said at least one filament;
- wherein said at least one filament comprises a material selected from the group consisting of polyglycolide (PGA), poly-p-dioxanone, poly ε-caprolactone, poly(glycolide-trimethylene carbonate) block copolymer and glycolide-dioxanone-trimethylene carbonate triblock copolymer;
- wherein said taurolidine is incorporated in a taurolidine-containing matrix of material;
- wherein said at least one filament is extruded;
- and further wherein said taurolidine-containing matrix of material is co-extruded with said at least one filament.
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A method for treating a wound, the method comprising:
- providing an antimicrobial suture comprising at least one filament and taurolidine carried by said at least one filament;
- and
- treating the wound with the antimicrobial suture.
An antimicrobial surgical staple comprising:
- a surgical staple;
- and
- taurolidine carried by said surgical staple.
A method for treating a wound, the method comprising:
- providing an antimicrobial surgical staple, the antimicrobial surgical staple comprising a surgical staple, and taurolidine carried by the surgical staple;
- and
- treating the wound with the antimicrobial surgical staple.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.