Surface treated ligating clip
OwnerStanley R. Mandel, James R. Whitneyinventors
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Abstract
The invention provides ligating clips for surgical use which have antimicrobial or antibiotic properties. More particularly, the ligating clips have antimicrobial and/or antibiotic agents either in a coating or provided within the material from which the clip is manufactured. The invention also provides a method for inhibiting the growth of or killing microorganisms by coating a ligating clip or ligating clip applying instrument with an antimicrobial or antibiotic coating composition or incorporating an antimicrobial or antibiotic coating into the material from which the ligating clip or ligating clip applying instrument was made.
Claims27
A polymeric ligating clip for use in a body having one or more surfaces coated with an antimicrobial or antibiotic coating composition.
A metal ligating clip for use in a body having one or more surfaces coated with an antimicrobial or antibiotic coating composition.
A ligating clip for use in a body comprising a ligating clip formed from a polymer material wherein the polymer material includes an antimicrobial or antibiotic composition.
A method for inhibiting the growth of or killing microorganisms comprising coating a ligating clip or a ligating clip applying instrument with an antimicrobial or antibiotic coating composition.
A method for inhibiting the growth of or killing microorganisms comprising incorporating an antimicrobial or antibiotic composition into the composition of a ligating clip or ligating clip applying instrument.
A ligating clip for use in a body comprising a ligating clip formed from a metallic material wherein the metallic material includes an antimicrobial or antibiotic composition.
An absorbable ligating clip for use in a body having one or more surfaces coated with an antimicrobial or antibiotic coating composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.