Inventor
Alastair W. Hunter
Inventor
Bridgewater, NJ, US
Overview
Patents· 16 as inventor
Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.
A61Lprimary
A61LMethods or apparatus for sterilising materials or objects in general36%
A61BDiagnosis25%
C08GMacromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds11%
Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification11%
D06MTreatment, not provided for elsewhere in class d06, of fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or fibrous goods made from such materials6%
Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests6%
D04CBraiding or manufacture of lace, including bobbin-net or carbonised lace3%
D10BIndexing scheme associated with sublasses of section d, relating to textiles3%
PatentTitleYear
6,712,838'Braided suture with improved knot strength and process to produce same'20046,083,243'Ethylene-propylene coatings for sutures'20005,786,022'Coating mixture for surgical articles'1998RE035164'Surgical device for enclosing an internal organ'19965,442,032'Copolymers of 1,4-dioxepan-2-one and 1,5,8,12-tetraoxacyclotetradecane-7-14-dione'19955,371,176'Castor oil polymers'19945,314,446'Sterilized heterogeneous braids'19945,147,383'Suture coated with a polyvinyl ester'19925,143,082'Surgical device for enclosing an internal organ'19925,102,420'Suture coated with a polyetheramide'19925,100,433'Suture coated with a copolymer coating composition'19925,089,013'Suture coated with a polyvinyl ester'19925,037,950'Bioabsorbable copolymers of polyalkylene carbonate/RHO-dioxanone for sutures and coatings'19914,994,074'Copolymers of .epsilon.-caprolactone, glycolide and glycolic acid for suture coatings'19913,963,031'Juncture-lubricated needle-suture combination'19763,942,532'Braided suture'1976Career & activity timeline
Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.
1976–2004Patents assigned to ETHICON INC (16)· patent assignee history
1976Based in Somerville, NJ, US· patent location history
1991–2004Based in Bridgewater, NJ, US· patent location history
Inventor activity
Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.
Assignees
| Assignee | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| ETHICON INC | 16 | 1976–2004 |
Locations
| Location | Patents | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater, New Jersey, US | 14 | 1991–2004 |
| Somerville, New Jersey, US | 2 | 1976 |