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US 10,702,262 B1Granted
Hemi-bridge and methods of manufacturing and using same
AssigneeSUTUREGARD Medical Inc.
InventorsWilliam Lear, Daniel A Ladizinsky, Jennifer Akeroyd
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Abstract
A suture elevating device includes an insert having at least one eyelet, an upper layer of material at least partially disposed over the insert, and a lower layer of material disposed below the insert, the lower layer of material having an adhesive disposed on a lower surface, wherein the insert, the upper layer and the lower layer form three zones, each of the three zones having a different elasticity and stiffness than others of the three zones.
Claims15
A suture elevating device, comprising:
- an insert having at least one eyelet;
- and
- at least one member of an upper layer of material at least partially disposed over the insert, and a lower layer of material disposed below the insert, the lower layer of material having an adhesive disposed on a lower surface;
- wherein the insert, the upper layer and the lower layer form three zones, each of the zones having a different elasticity and stiffness than others of the zones, the three zones including a first zone having the insert sandwiched between the upper layer and the lower layer, a second zone having only the upper layer and the lower layer coupled together, and a third zone having only the lower layer, and wherein the first zone has a first elasticity, the second zone has a second elasticity, and the third zone has a third elasticity, and the third elasticity is greater than both the second elasticity and the first elasticity.
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A suture elevating device comprising:
- an insert having at least one eyelet;
- at least one member of an upper layer of material at least partially disposed over the insert, and a lower layer of material disposed below the insert, the lower layer of material having an adhesive disposed on a lower surface;
- and
- a waterproofing layer comprising polyethylene, the waterproofing layer extending over both the insert and the upper layer;
- wherein the insert, the upper layer and the lower layer form multiple zones, each of the zones having a different elasticity and stiffness than others of the zones.
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A system, comprising:
- a suture-elevating device including a pair of hemi-bridges, each of the pair of hemi-bridges having i) an insert with at least one eyelet, and ii) at least one member of an upper layer of material at least partially disposed over the insert, and a lower layer of material disposed below the insert, the lower layer of material having an adhesive disposed on a lower surface, wherein the insert, the upper layer and the lower layer form three zones, each of the zones having a different elasticity and stiffness than others of the zones, the three zones including a first zone having the insert sandwiched between the upper layer and the lower layer, a second zone having only the upper layer and the lower layer coupled together, and a third zone having only the lower layer, and wherein the first zone has a first elasticity, the second zone has a second elasticity, and the third zone has a third elasticity, and the third elasticity is greater than both the second elasticity and the first elasticity;
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- a fastening element coupling the pair of hemi-bridges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.