Patents Represented by Attorney Peter G. Dilwroth
  • Patent number: 5156615
    Abstract: A combined surgical needle-suture device of controlled suture release characteristics and a method for manufacturing the device employ a shrinkable tubing and a bonding agent to attach the needle to the suture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventors: Herbert W. Korthoff, Michael S. Kassim