Donald Anthony Hill

US Patent:

6712838, Mar 30, 2004

Filed:

Mar 7, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/801035

Inventors:

Margaret DAversa - Whitehouse Station NJ
Dennis D. Jamiolkowski - Long Valley NJ
Rao S. Bezwada - Whitehouse Station NJ
Donald G. Hill - Hopatcong NJ
Alastair W. Hunter - Bridgewater NJ

Assignee:

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

International Classification:

A61L 1700

US Classification:

606230, 427 231

Abstract:

The present invention discloses a process for producing a braided suture having an improved knot strength comprising heating a braided suture coated with a low molecular weight biocompatible polymer to a temperature sufficient to melt the low molecular weight biocompatible polymer for a time sufficient to allow the low molecular polymer to be redistributed into the interstices of the braided suture thereby providing a coated braided suture with an improved knot tensile strength. Also disclosed is the coated braided suture having a low molecular weight polymer optimally dispersed throughout the braided sutures cross-section.

US Patent:

62417681, Jun 5, 2001

Filed:

Aug 19, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/136036

Inventors:

Vishvaroop Agarwal - Piscataway NJ
Carlos Bustamante - Garfield NJ
Gene W. Kammerer - East Brunswick NJ
Donald G. Hill - Hopatcong NJ

Assignee:

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

International Classification:

A61F 202
A61B 1708

US Classification:

623 1111

Abstract:

A prosthesis device for repairing a hernia having an insertion canal made of sheet material for extending through the hernia. The insertion canal is attached at one end to a collar and at the other end to a base that is to be on the inside of the abdominal cavity. The base may be a sheet or a pouch that is to be brought to bear on the inside the wall of the abdominal cavity. The insertion canal providing a simple way of deploying the sheet or pouch against the wall of a abdominal cavity.

US Patent:

60455713, Apr 4, 2000

Filed:

Jun 1, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/323656

Inventors:

Donald G. Hill - Hopatcong NJ
Margaret D'Aversa - Whitehouse Station NJ
Ilya S. Koyfman - Ringoes NJ
Ralph Louis Spengler - Long Valley NJ
Crawford R. Britt - South Plainfield NJ
Robert J. Cerwin - Pipersville PA
Hal Brent Woodrow - Princeton NJ

Assignee:

Ethicon, Inc. - Somerville NJ

International Classification:

A61B 1704

US Classification:

606228

Abstract:

A surgical cord comprising a interlocking multifilament sheath and an interlocked multifilament core. The interlocking multifilament core construction is characterized by being braided or knitted; preferred are braided cores with a pick counts ranging between 5 and 40.

Address:

1 John F Kennedy Blvd APT 45J, Somerset, NJ 08873

Phone:

(201)3060923

VIN:

1GKFK16387J286989

Make:

GMC

Model:

YUKON XL

Year:

2007