High friction fastening flat braid
OwnerCarsten R. Mayeski, Christopher V. Dymond +1inventors
InventorsCARSTEN R. MAYESKI, Christopher V. Dymond, Michael J. Christian
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Abstract
A suture having a contoured surface may include a plurality of first ends having a first diameter and a plurality of second ends having a second diameter. The first and second ends may be braided together, wherein the first diameter is different than the second diameter to form the contoured surface. The first ends and the second ends may braided into a flat braid. In some embodiments, the first ends may comprise a material having a greater coefficient of friction than the second end. A method of securing first and second suture segments is also provided.
Claims20
A suture having a contoured surface, the suture comprising:
- a plurality of first ends having a first diameter;
- and
- a plurality second ends braided with the first ends, the second ends having a second diameter,
- wherein the first diameter is different than the second diameter to form the contoured surface.
A suture having a contoured surface, the suture comprising:
- a first segment and a second segment, the first and second segments comprising:
- a plurality of first ends having a first diameter, and
- a plurality of second ends braided with the first ends into a flat braid, the second ends having a second diameter,
- wherein the first diameter is at least about two times greater than the second diameter to form the contoured surface, and
- wherein at least one of the first ends of the first segment is configured to be received between adjacent first ends of the second segment, and the at least one of the first ends of first segment is configured to frictionally engage the adjacent first ends of the second segment.
A method of securing first and second suture segments, the method comprising:
- overlaying a first flat braid of the first suture segment onto a second flat braid of the second suture segment;
- receiving an end of the first flat braid between adjacent ends of the second flat braid;
- and
- frictionally engaging the end of the first flat braid with at least one of the adjacent ends of the second flat braid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.