Patent ID: 9321917
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A61B,A61L,C08L

Claim Text:
1. A bioabsorbable melt polymer blend, comprising: 82 weight percent to 88 weight percent of a first bioabsorbable polymer and 12 weight percent to 18 weight percent of a second bioabsorbable polymer, the first bioabsorbable polymer comprising a lactide-rich polymer comprising about 95 mol percent to about 75 mol percent polymerized lactide and about 5 mol percent to about 25 mol percent polymerized glycolide, and the second bioabsorbable polymer comprising poly(p-dioxanone), wherein the polymer blend has a maximum weight percent of poly(p-dioxanone) of 18 weight percent and a minimum weight percent of poly(p-dioxanone) that depends upon the molar amount of polymerized lactide in the lactide-rich polymer and is calculated by the expression: and wherein the polymer blend provides dimensional stability to a manufactured article.