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The present invention describes a new aliphatic polyoxaamides that is bioabsorbable and may be used to produce surgical devices such a s sutures, sutures with attached needles, molded devices, and the like. The invention also contemplates a process for producing these polyesters. The aliphatic polyoxaamides of the present invention have a first divalent repeating unit of formula Y: (X-C(O)-(R1) (R2)-O-(R3)-O-(R1) (R2)-C(O)-( I and a second repeating unit selected from the group of formulas consisting of: (-Y-R17-(t, I (-O-R5-C(O)-(B, and III ((-O-R9-C(O)(P-O-)LG XI and combinations thereof, wherein X and Y are selected from the group consisting of -O- and -N(R)-, provided both X and Y are not both -O-.