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US 2010/0059570 A1Published application
Wound Closure Material
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsRoland Ostapoff, Brian Nentwick, Richard Stevenson
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Abstract
Articles are provided having no orientation or a multi-directional orientation. Such articles may be in the form of films, ribbons, sheets, and/or tapes and may be utilized as buttresses with a surgical stapling apparatus or as reinforcing means for suture lines.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- obtaining a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of glycolic acid, lactic acid, glycolide, lactide, dioxanone, trimethylene carbonate, caprolactone, and combinations thereof;
- forming the polymeric material into an article that does not possess orientation in a single direction;
- and
- recovering the article.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.