Inventor
CHESTERFIELD MICHAEL P
US26 patents
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UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP
24 patentsUS5374278ADec 20, 1994
Method and apparatus for heat tipping sutures
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP176 citations99
US5318575AJun 7, 1994
Method of using a surgical repair suture product
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP431 citations99
US5156788AOct 20, 1992
Method and apparatus for heat tipping sutures
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP155 citations99
US5697976ADec 16, 1997
Bioabsorbable implant material
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP201 citations98
US5366756ANov 22, 1994
Method for treating bioabsorbable implant material
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP133 citations98
US5261886ANov 16, 1993
Cabled core and braided suture made therefrom
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP122 citations98
US5133738AJul 28, 1992
Combined surgical needle-spiroid braided suture device
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP191 citations98
US5383387AJan 24, 1995
Apparatus and method for producing braided suture products
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP131 citations97
US5456697AOct 10, 1995
Cabled core and braided suture made therefrom
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP54 citations96
US5423859AJun 13, 1995
Jet entangled suture yarn and method for making same
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP56 citations96
US5403331AApr 4, 1995
Looped suture ligating device containing a heat-shrinkable element
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP267 citations96
US5143662ASep 1, 1992
Process for preparing particles of bioabsorbable polymer
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP67 citations96
US5059213AOct 22, 1991
Spiroid braided suture
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP149 citations96
US5662682ASep 2, 1997
Spiroid braided suture
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP78 citations95
US5520084AMay 28, 1996
Apparatus and method for producing braided suture products
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP80 citations95
US5370031ADec 6, 1994
Braider apparatus with improved bobbin holder
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP70 citations95
US5181923AJan 26, 1993
Spiroid braided suture
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP79 citations95
US5312642AMay 17, 1994
Method and apparatus for calendering and coating/filling sutures
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP66 citations94
US5275618AJan 4, 1994
Jet entangled suture yarn and method for making same
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP18 citations82
US5250247AOct 5, 1993
Method and apparatus for heat tipping sutures
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP16 citations74
US5294389AMar 15, 1994
Dynamic treatment of suture strand
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP12 citations73
US5540773AJul 30, 1996
Apparatus for calendering and coating/filling sutures
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP12 citations71
US5447100ASep 5, 1995
Apparatus for calendering sutures in orthogonal directions
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP13 citations71
US5287634AFeb 22, 1994
Removal of vaporizable components from polymeric products
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP4 citations62