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AssigneesStryker Corporation, Cortland Cable Company, Inc.
InventorsKyle Craig Pilgeram, Luis Padilla, Aaron Vodnick
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In one embodiment, the present invention is a braided filament including a plurality of strands each having at least one ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fiber and at least one polyester fiber wherein the quantity of certain types of fibers in a first strand is the same as the quantity of the same type of fibers in a second strand. In a variant, one additional strand of the braided filament is a monofilament strand. In another variant, each strand is homogeneous with respect to the other strands and is made exclusively from ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene fibers and polyester fibers such that each strand has the same distribution and quantity of fiber types.
A method of forming a braided filament, comprising:
A method of forming a one-way adjustable filament structure, comprising the steps of:
A filament comprising a plurality of independently formed strands, each of the strands being braided with one another to form the filament, wherein, prior to braiding the strands, at least one strand includes a plurality of fibers twisted together to form the at least one strand, and wherein at least one of the plurality of fibers is ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and at least one of the other fibers is polyester.
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