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US 11,109,856 B2Granted
Sutures and related medical devices
AssigneeW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
InventorsTiffany Gemetta, Rachel Radspinner, Elena Ten, Franklin C. Wetherell
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Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a cord that is flexible and elongated defining a length. The cord may include a core having a porous surface and a porosity-reducing element on at least a portion of the core.
Claims23
A suture device comprising:
- a cord that is flexible and elongated defining a length, a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the cord including a core extending from the first end to the second end and having a porous surface, the cord further including a porosity-reducing element on at least a portion of the core configured to eliminate a porosity or cover the pores of the surface of the portion of the core and the porosity-reducing element is a non-permeable film that is wrapped around and coupled to the portion of the core and the non-permeable film includes an ePTFE film having a micro-structure that has smaller pores than a microstructure of the surface of the core.
A suture device comprising:
- a cord that is flexible and elongated defining a length, a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the cord including a core extending from the first end to the second end and having a porous surface, the cord further including a porosity-reducing element on at least a portion of the core configured to eliminate a porosity or cover the pores of the surface of the portion of the core and the porosity-reducing element is an elastomer or elastomeric material imbibed into the pores of the portion of the core further including a non-elastomeric TFE-PMVE copolymer coating on the portion of the core rendering the surface of the core at the portion of the core non-porous.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.