Patent ID: 9737630
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61L,B29C,B29L,C08J,C08L,Y10T

Claim:
1. A suture, comprising an absorbable polymer blend, the blend comprising: a mixture of a polymer and an oligomer, wherein the polymer has a weight average molecular weight higher than the weight average molecular weight of the oligomer, and wherein the weight average molecular weight of the oligomer is about 1,400 Daltons to about 5,200 Daltons, wherein at least about 100% of the absorbable oligomer is end-capped on both ends by carboxylic acid groups and about 0% of the polymer is end-capped by carboxylic acid groups, and wherein a suture made from said blend and having a size has a pre-implantation strength equivalent to or greater than the pre-implantation strength of a similar suture one size larger, said similar suture consisting essentially of the first component, wherein said suture and said similar suture have a substantially equivalent time to achieve zero mechanical strength.