Patents Assigned to B. Braun Surgical GmbH
  • Surgical suture material, its use in surgery and process for its production
    Patent number: 6011121
    Abstract: A surgical suture material of absorbable, synthetic polymer is formed from glycolide-trimethylene carbonate copolymer with a glycolide content higher than 76 wt. % and with a statistical distribution of the monomers. Within 9 to 21 days, the suture material has a complete breaking strength loss and is completely absorbed in vivo after 35 to 91 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: B. Braun Surgical GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Goldmann, Helmut Hierlemann, Erhard Mueller, Heinrich Planck
  • Implant, its use in surgery and processes for the production thereof
    Patent number: 5722992
    Abstract: An implant at least partly comprises and at least on the infection-protected surface areas of resorbable material and contains therein an antimicrobiotic agent, the solubility of the antimicrobiotic agent being chosen in such a way that it is delivered substantially throughout the entire degradation time of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: B. Braun Surgical GmbH
    Inventor: Helmut Goldmann
  • Surgical suture material and method of making and using same
    Patent number: 5695879
    Abstract: A surgical suture material of absorbable, synthetic polymer is formed from glycolide-trimethylene carbonate copolymer with a glycolide content higher than 76 wt. % and with a statistical distribution of the monomers. Within 9 to 21 days, the suture material has a complete breaking strength loss and is completely absorbed in vivo after 35 to 91 days.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: B. Braun Surgical GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Goldmann, Helmut Hierlemann, Erhard Mueller, Heinrich Planck