Inventor

Donald S. Kaplan

Inventor

Weston, CT, US

Overview

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Patents

1980–2001

Patent span

Human necessities

Primary field (CPC A)

Patents· 38 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 general35%

A61BDiagnosis17%

A61FFilters implantable into blood vessels8%

A01NPreservation of bodies of humans or animals or plants or parts thereof7%

D04CBraiding or manufacture of lace, including bobbin-net or carbonised lace7%

B65DContainers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers5%

C08GMacromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving unsaturated carbon-to-carbon bonds5%

C08LCompositions of macromolecular compounds4%

D02GCrimping or curling fibres, filaments, threads, or yarns4%

D10BIndexing scheme associated with sublasses of section d, relating to textiles4%

PatentTitleYear

6,260,699'Packaged synthetic absorbable surgical elements'2001 6,228,954'Blends of glycolide and/or lactide polymers and caprolactone and/or trimethylene carbonate polymers and absorabable surgical devices made therefrom'2001 5,674,286'Bioabsorbable medical implants'1997 5,618,313'Absorbable polymer and surgical articles fabricated therefrom'1997 5,518,502'Compositions, methods and apparatus for inhibiting fogging of endoscope lenses'1996 5,502,159'Absorbable composition'1996 5,475,063'Blends of glycolide and/or lactide polymers and caprolactone and/or trimethylene carbonate polymers and absorbable surgical devices made'1995 5,472,702'Sterilization of growth factors'1995 5,468,252'Packaged synthetic absorbable surgical elements'1995 5,462,162'Packaged synthetic absorbable surgical elements'1995 5,456,697'Cabled core and braided suture made therefrom'1995 5,376,118'Support material for cell impregnation'1994 5,366,081'Packaged synthetic absorbable surgical elements'1994 5,356,629'Composition for effecting bone repair'1994 5,320,624'Blends of glycolide and/or lactide polymers and caprolactone and/or trimethylene carbonate polymers and absorbable surgical devices made therefrom'1994 5,314,989'Absorbable composition'1994 5,312,437'Absorbable coating composition and suture coated therewith'1994 5,306,289'Braided suture of improved characteristics'1994 5,261,886'Cabled core and braided suture made therefrom'1993 5,226,912'Combined surgical needle-braided suture device'1993 5,225,520'Absorbable composition'1993 5,222,978'Packaged synthetic absorbable surgical elements'1993 5,217,495'Synthetic semiabsorbable composite yarn'1993 5,147,400'Connective tissue prosthesis'1992 5,123,912'Absorbable coating composition, coated sutures and method of preparation'1992 5,124,103'Two phase compositions for absorbable surgical devices'1992 5,037,429'Method for improving the storage stability of a polymeric braided suture susceptible to hydrolytic degradation and resulting article'1991 5,019,093'Braided suture'1991 4,990,158'Synthetic semiabsorbable tubular prosthesis'1991 4,844,854'Process for making a surgical device using two-phase compositions'1989 4,839,130'Process of making an absorbable surgical device'1989 RE032770'Surgical suture derived from segmented polyether-ester block copolymers'1988 4,744,365'Two-phase compositions for absorbable surgical devices'1988 4,523,591'Polymers for injection molding of absorbable surgical devices'1985 4,314,561'Surgical suture derived from segmented polyether-ester block copolymers'1982 4,246,904'Surgical suture derived from segmented polyether-ester block copolymers'1981 4,237,892'Multi-beveled, v-shaped needle point'1980 4,224,946'Surgical sutures derived from segmented polyether-ester block copolymers'1980

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1980–1982Patents assigned to AMERICAN CYANAMID CO (4)· patent assignee history

1980–1981Based in Ridgefield, CT, US· patent location history

1982Based in Irvine, CA, US· patent location history

1985Patents assigned to KAPLAN DONALD S (1)· patent assignee history

1985Patents assigned to MUTH ROSS R (1)· patent assignee history

1985–2001Based in Weston, CT, US· patent location history

1988–2001Patents assigned to UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP (32)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
UNITED STATES SURGICAL CORP	32	1988–2001
AMERICAN CYANAMID CO	4	1980–1982
KAPLAN DONALD Sself	1	1985
MUTH ROSS R	1	1985

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Weston, CT, US	34	1985–2001
Ridgefield, CT, US	3	1980–1981
Irvine, California, US	1	1982