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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5714165 | Bioadhesive polyethylene glycol ointment for medicaments A therapeutic composition having wet adherent properties and particularly useful for delivery of medicaments to mucosal surfaces comprises a therapeutically effective amount of a medicament dispersed in a base material comprising from about 3 to 15% by we... | 02/03/1998 |
| 4350492 | Method for preparing tissue heart valve A method for preparing an aortic heart valve for implantation wherein the area of the septal shelf of the right coronary cusp extending into the valve orifice is substantially reduced. The excised value is prepared for fixation by pressurizing the valve t... | 09/21/1982 |
| 3981307 | Thermal attachment of surgical sutures to needles A method is provided for anchoring a suture to a needle in which a suture tip is inserted into a recess in the blunt end of a needle and the needle is thereafter heated to expand the suture tip within the recess into tight engagement with the recess walls... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3980177 | Controlled release suture A needle-suture combination is provided which has a suture pull-out value between 3 ounces and 26 ounces. The suture, one end of which is sized with a resin and smaller in diameter than the rest of the suture, is manufactured by placing the suture under t... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3972418 | Molded suture package A laminated molded sterilizable package for sutures is constructed of a first molded sheet and a second cover sheet. The molded sheet has a centrally located needle chamber recess and a long, narrow suture channel extending outward of and in a generally s... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3963031 | Juncture-lubricated needle-suture combination A needle-suture combination is provided in which a lubricant layer is provided at the juncture between the needle and the suture and specifically between the inner surfaces of a recess in the blunt end of the needle and the outer surface of one tip of the... | 06/15/1976 |
