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• Absorbable is meant to be a generic term, which may also include bioabsorbable resorbable, bioresorbable, degradable or biodegradable.
• 2009/0274742 Al entitled “Multimodal High Strength Devices And Composites”, (hereinafter referred to as '"742”) discloses an oriented implantable biodegradable multimodal device comprising a blend of a first polymer component having a first molecular weight together with at least a second polymer component having a molecular weight which is less than that of the first component, wherein polymer components within the blend are in uniaxial, biaxial or triaxial orientation.
• said suture has superior mechanical properties (e.g., high breaking strength) at the time of implantation, as well as during the critical wound healing period, which is for example about 5 to 7 days post- implantation, when compared to a conventional suture with comparable composition.
• said critical wound healing period is over, said suture exhibits a rapid but controlled loss of mechanical properties within, for example approximately 14 days post- implantation, and a rapid but controlled absorption within, for example, approximately 42 days post-implantation.
• the maximum amount of acid that can be incorporated into the novel blends of the present invention is dependent on the IR 2 value, as well as the molecular weight of the higher molecular weight blend component. So when the value of IR2 is 10, the maximum acid value is about 12 percent when the weight average molecular weight of the high molecular weight component is 80,000 Daltons, is about 14 percent when the weight average molecular weight of the high molecular weight component is 120,000 Daltons. Correspondingly, when the value of IR 2 is 20, the maximum acid value is about 6 percent when the weight average molecular weight of the high molecular weight component is 80,000 Daltons, is about 7 percent when the weight average molecular weight of the high molecular weight component is 120,000 Daltons.
• the novel polymer blends of the present invention are made from absorbable polyester (co)polymers and (co)oligomers.
• one of the blend components is a glycolide/lactide co-polymer.
• Another blend component is a glycolide/lactide co- oligomer with a substantial number of endgroups acidic in nature.
• HFIP with 0.01M Lithium Bromide (LiBr) (0.2% v/ ' v H20) was used as the mobile phase and was delivered at a constant flow rate of 0.7 ml/min.
• the injection volume was 70 ⁇ .
• Empower (Waters) and Astra (Wyatt) software were used for instrument operation and data analysis.
• the resulting polymer chains have an alkyl functionality on one end and an alcoholic functionality on the other.
• a cyclic anhydride such as diglycolic anhydride or succinic anhydride.
• this polymer we can describe this polymer to be end- capped with a carboxylic acid functionality.
• an initiator containing both a carboxylic acid functionality and an alcohol group, such as glycolic acid such as glycolic acid.
• the resulting polymer chains have a carboxylic acid functionality on one end and an alcoholic functionality on the other.
• the capping can be achieved in multiple ways. These could include also for example direct oxidation of the chain ends.
• the polymer blend contains a conventional dye.
• the dye should be one acceptable for clinical use; this includes, without limitation, D&C Violet No. 2 and D&C Blue No. 6 and similar combinations thereof.
• one or more of the blend components may be dyed or the dye can be introduced during the blend compounding stage.
• one polymeric component of the blend might be colored with a first dye at a given concentration, and the second polymeric component colored with the same or another dye at the same or another concentration.
• novel polymer blends of the present invention can be manufactured from the individual components using a variety of conventional processes using conventional processing equipment.
• manufacturing processes include chemical reactions of the ring-opening and polycondensation type, devolatilization and resin drying, dry blending in a tumble dryer, solution blending, extrusion melt-blending, injection molding, thermal annealing, and ethylene oxide sterilization processes.
• An alternate to dry blending with subsequent melt blending of the mixture may include the use of two or more conventional feeders, preferably loss-in-weight feeders, that supply the components to be blended to an extruder; the extruder can be of the single screw or twin screw variety.
• polystyrene resin as well as blends of the subject invention can be sized by conventional means such as pelletization, granulation, and grinding.
• appropriately sized particles of the blend components can be blended in the melt using these thermal processing means.
• solution processing techniques such as solution spinning, gel spinning and electro spinning.
• Other examples of conventional manufacturing process equipment that may be used to manufacture the novel polymer blends of the present invention may include single-screw and twin-screw compounders that operate on a continuous basis or batch- style compounders. The equipment will be sufficiently sized to effectively and provide the desired batch size.
• novel absorbable medical devices of the present invention that are made from the novel absorbable polymer blends of the present invention include, but are not limited to, conventional medical devices, especially fibrous devices such as monofilament-based and multifilament-based sutures and meshes, woven fabrics, nonwoven fabrics, knitted fabrics, fibrous bundles, cords, and other implantable medical devices, including staples, tacks, clips, tissue fixation devices, mesh fixation devices, anastomotic devices, suture anchors and bone anchors, tissue and bone screws, bone plates, prostheses, support structures, tissue augmentation devices, tissue ligating devices, patches, substrates, tissue engineering scaffolds, composites, bone grafts, drug delivery devices, stents, bone waxes and bone fillers, combinations and equivalents.
• conventional medical devices especially fibrous devices such as monofilament-based and multifilament-based sutures and meshes, woven fabrics, nonwoven fabrics, knitted fabrics, fibrous bundles, cords, and other implantable medical devices,
• suture for purposes of this application, we wish to use the term suture to mean surgical sutures, and more broadly fibrous devices, including monofilament and multifilament yarns used in the medical field. These include, but are not limited to, fibers used to make surgical meshes; fibers used to make surgical fabrics and tapes made by any known method of processing (knitted, woven, nonwoven, etc).
• the sutures of the present invention may be used for a variety of applications including, but not limited to wound fixation, wound closure, general tissue approximation, and attachment of implants.
• the polymeric components of the medical devices of the present invention will have an inherent viscosity of at least about 0.5 dL/g as measured in hexafluoroisopropanol at 25°C at a concentration of 0.1 g'dL, provided the medical device is fully soluble in this solvent.
• Injection Molding Injection molding is a process well-known in the plastic industry. It is designed to produce parts of various shapes and sizes by melting the plastic, mixing and then injecting the molten resin into a suitably shaped mold. After the resin is solidified, the part is generally ejected from the mold and the process continued.
• the oil temperature was set to a temperature of 110°C, for a period of 24 hours.
• the batch was allowed to cool for a period of at least 4 hours, while maintaining rotation and high vacuum.
• the polymer was discharged from the dryer by pressurizing the vessel with nitrogen, opening the slide-gate, and allowing the polymer granules to descend into waiting vessels for long term storage.
• the long term storage vessels were air tight and outfitted with valves allowing for evacuation so that the resin is stored under vacuum.
• the resin was characterized. It exhibited an inherent viscosity of 1.53 dL/g, as measured in hexafluoroisopropanol at 25°C and at a concentration of 0.10 g/dL.
• Example 3 In a manner similar to Example 1, a synthesis was conducted to prepare an dodecanol initiated, 90/10 poly(L(-)-lactide-co-glycolide) copolymer. It exhibited a similar inherent viscosity as the copolymer of Example 1. The copolymer of this Example 2 was converted into an inventive polymer blend, which was then subsequently extruded and processed into braided suture materials, which were then utilized for in vivo testing. Example 3
• the pressure was adjusted to be slightly above one atmosphere.
• the heating oil temperature was raised to 130°C at an average heating rate of 120°C/hour.
• the agitator was stopped and restarted in the downward direction at 7 rpm.
• the heating oil controller was set at 203 °C at an average heating rate of 60°C per hour.
• the reaction was continued for an additional 5 hours at 7 PM.
• the polymer melt-blend pellets were discharged from the dryer by pressurizing the vessel with nitrogen, opening the discharge valve, and allowing the polymer pellets to descend into waiting vessels for long term storage.
• the storage vessels were air tight and outfitted with valves allowing for evacuation so that the resin was storage under vacuum.
• the resin was characterized.
• Gel Permeation chromatography analysis revealed a weight average molecular weight of 58,300 Daltons. Differential thermal analysis showed a glass transition temperature, T g of 46°C and a melting point of 198°C.
• Example 9 In a manner similar to Example 10, the polymer melt-blend described in Example 9 was used to produce filaments and, thereafter, bio-absorbable multifilament braided sutures.
• Samples of the EO sterilized coated braids of Example 15 were placed in containers filled with a suitable amount of phosphate buffer at pH 7.27. The containers were then incubated at 37°C and a representative sample size, typically eight, was retrieved periodically for mechanical testing. The incubated articles were tested for their mechanical properties using an INSTRON tensile testing machine in a fashion similar to the above mentioned method. The force-to-break was recorded as "Breaking Strength”. The ratio of "Breaking Strength” to "Zero-Day Breaking Strength” was calculated and reported as "Breaking Strength Retention" for each time period.
• Example 14 underwent in vivo testing to assess absorption and tissue reaction characteristics. The testing was conducted in a conventional manner.
• Table 10 Additional data for the inventive blends and devices made of the inventive blends is shown in Tables 10-12. Table 10

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