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US 8,273,104 B2Granted
Antimicrobial sutures and methods of making them
AssigneeTyco Healthcare Group LP
InventorMatthew Cohen
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Abstract
Multifilament sutures are prepared by permeating the suture with an antimicrobial solution and applying an antimicrobial coating to the suture.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- providing a multifilament suture;
- permeating the multifilament suture with an antimicrobial solution;
- and
- applying an antimicrobial coating containing about 5% to about 25% of an antimicrobial agent and from about 10 percent to about 20 percent of one or more fatty acid components onto at least a portion of the surface of the permeated multifilament suture.
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