Corner-lock stitch patterns
AssigneeTELA Bio, Inc.
InventorsSkott Greenhalgh, John-Paul Romano
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Abstract
Stitching patterns overlap to produce a corner-locked stitch pattern. The corner-locked stitch pattern includes one or more thread interlace points, and one or more overlays of threads from overlapping patterns. A network of corner-lock stitch patterns produces a mesh, which may be embroidered into a substrate, such as a medical textile or biotextile. Corner-lock stitch patterns resist puncture-induced and tension-induced deformation of mesh pores between corner-locked stitch patterns, and may be used to modulate compliance and enhance strength properties of a substrate into which they are sewn.
Claims20
A method for sewing a corner-lock stitch pattern, comprising (a) sewing or embroidering a first upper thread or yarn and a first lower thread or yarn in a first pattern into a substrate material, the first pattern comprising one or more curves, one or more angles, or a combination of one or more curves and one or more angles, and (b) sewing or embroidering a second upper thread and a second lower thread in a second pattern into the substrate material, the second pattern comprising one or more curves, one or more angles, or a combination of one or more curves and one or more angles;
- wherein at least one of the one or more curves or the one or more angles of the second pattern overlaps at least one of the one or more curves or the one or more angles of the first pattern, and one or more of the overlaps comprises a corner-lock stitch pattern comprising one or more thread interlace points and two or more thread overlays in which the second upper thread and second lower thread envelope the first upper thread and first lower thread.
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