Patents by Inventor Peter A. Coates

Peter A. Coates has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Thermoplastic surgical suture with a melt fused length
    Patent number: 4832025
    Abstract: The invention is a multifilament thermoplastic surgical suture having a plurality of meltfused filaments where the filaments are only melt fused for a controlled length from at least one end of the suture. This melt fused end invention eliminates the end dipping operation for multifilament sutures. Preferably, the melt fused or bonded length of suture has at least eighty percent of the tensile strength of an unfused portion, as a substitute for the end-dipped suture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventor: Peter A. Coates
  • Apparatus for manufacturing a surgical suture
    Patent number: 4806737
    Abstract: An apparatus for melt fusing a length of multifilament thermoplastic surgical suture includes a radiant heater having a two part longitudinally divided tunnel. A length of multifilament material is advanced into the tunnel and is held in a stationary position under tension while being fused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventor: Peter A. Coates