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US 10,378,131 B2Granted
Surgical braids
AssigneeEverestMedica LLC
InventorBrock P. Allen
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for making surgical braids, the apparatuses and methods having active and passive tracks. Additionally, various embodiments of surgical braids having changing patterns of traces, alternating colors, alternating cores, and tubular and flat sections, and combinations thereof.
Claims18
A surgical braid comprising:
- a plurality of strands arranged in a braid, the braid comprising at least first and second sections;
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- the plurality of strands comprising at least one strand having a first color, the at least one strand having a first color being braided into the first section in a first pattern, the at least one strand having a first color being braided into the second section in a second pattern, the first pattern being different from the second pattern, both the first and second sections being non-bifurcated braids.
A surgical braid comprising:
- a plurality of strands arranged in a braid, the braid comprising at least first and second sections;
- the plurality of strands comprising at least one strand having a first color and at least one strand having a second color;
- the at least one strand having a first color being braided into the first section in a first pattern, the at least one strand having a first color being braided into the second section in a second pattern, the first pattern being different from the second pattern;
- the at least one strand having a second color being braided into the first and second sections in the first pattern.
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A surgical braid comprising:
- a plurality of strands arranged in a braid;
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- the plurality of strands comprising at least first and second strands having one or more colors, the first strand being braided to provide at least one of the one or more colors in a physical pattern along at least a non-bifurcated portion of the braid, the second strand being braided to provide at least one of the one or more colors in a different physical pattern along at least a non-bifurcated portion of the braid.
A surgical braid comprising:
- a plurality of strands arranged in a braid, the braid comprising at least first and second sections;
- the plurality of strands comprising at least one strand having a first color and at least one strand having a second color;
- the at least one strand having a first color being braided into the first section in a first pattern, the at least one strand having a first color being braided into the second section in a second pattern, the first pattern being different from the second pattern, and the first strand being braided in a first pattern for an entire length of the braid;
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- the second strand being braided in a second pattern for an entire length of the braid.
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A surgical braid comprising:
- a plurality of strands arranged in a braid;
- the plurality of strands comprising at least first and second strands having one or more colors, the first strand being braided to provide at least one of the one or more colors in a physical pattern along at least a portion of the braid, the second strand being braided to provide at least one of the one or more colors in a different physical pattern along at least a portion of the braid;
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- the first strand has a first color and the second strand has a second color, the first color being different than the second color.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.