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US 12,758,213 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.
Claims20
A suture device comprising:
- a cord that is flexible and elongated defining a length, the cord including a core and defining a first end and a second end, the cord further including a film including a first portion helically wrapped around the core in a first direction, wherein the film is a porosity-reducing element positioned on at least a portion of the core;
- a first tissue piercing element releasably coupled to the first end of the cord;
- a second tissue piercing element releasably coupled to the second end of the cord;
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- a pledget coupled to the cord.
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A suture device comprising:
- a cord that is flexible and elongated defining a length, the cord including a core, the cord further including a film including a first portion wrapped around the core and a second portion helically wrapped around the core, wherein the film has a micro-structure that has smaller pores than a microstructure of the surface of the core;
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- a pledget coupled to the cord, wherein the cord passes through the pledget twice.
A suture device comprising:
- a cord that is flexible and elongated defining a length, the cord including a core, the cord further including a film including a first portion helically wrapped around the core in a first direction and a second portion helically wrapped around the core, wherein the film includes 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;
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- a pledget coupled to the cord.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.