Coatings for the manufacture and application of polyhydroxyalkanoate medical devices

A method comprising implanting or administering a medical device at a site in or on a patient in need thereof,

• wherein the medical device comprises a polymeric multifilament yarn,
• wherein the polymer consists of a polyhydroxyalkanoate, and
• wherein the denier per filament is less than 4.0 and the multifilament yarn has a tenacity greater than 6.1 grams per denier and
• wherein the medical device is selected from the group consisting of barbed sutures, braided sutures, ligatures, hybrid sutures of monofilament and multifilament fibers, braids, knitted or woven meshes, monofilament meshes, multifilament meshes, knitted tubes, stents, stent grafts, drug delivery devices, devices for temporary wound or tissue support, devices for soft tissue repair, devices for replacement or regeneration, repair patches, tissue engineering scaffolds, retention membranes, anti-adhesion membranes, tissue separation membranes, hernia repair devices, breast reconstruction devices, devices for blepharoplasty, devices for facial scar revisions, devices for forehead lifts, devices for mentoplasty, devices for malar augmentation, devices for otoplasty, devices for rhinoplasty, devices for neck lift surgery, devices for rhytidectomy, threadlift devices to lift and support sagging areas of the face, brow, and neck, fixation devices, cardiovascular patches, vascular closure devices, vascular grafts, slings, biocompatible coatings, rotator cuff repair devices, meniscus repair devices, adhesion barriers, guided tissue repair/regeneration devices, articular cartilage repair devices, nerve guides, tendon repair devices, ligament repair devices, intracardiac septal defect repair devices, left atrial appendage (LAA) closure devices, pericardial patches, bulking and filling agents, vein valves, heart valves, bone marrow scaffolds, meniscus regeneration devices, ligament and tendon graft, ocular cell implants, spinal fusion devices, imaging devices, skin substitutes, dural substitutes, bone graft substitutes, wound dressings, and hemostats,
• wherein the breast reconstruction device is selected from the group consisting of devices for breast augmentation, devices for mastopexy, devices for breast reduction, devices for breast positioning and shaping, and devices for breast reconstruction following mastectomy.