Surgical ligature
AssigneeRhone-Poulenc-Textile
InventorPaul Vauquois
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Abstract
A surgical ligature in which a sterile thread has a surface on which is a succession of areas, for example, lines or dots, of contrasting shades, whereby at least one of the shades appears dark through a film of blood and at least one of the shades appears light through a film of blood. Such a ligature can readily be seen by the surgeon through the blood and against the background of the organ being stitched.
Claims10
A surgical ligature comprising a sterile thread having a surface on which is a succession of closely spaced areas of contrasting shades, whereby at least one of the shades appears dark through a film of blood and at least one of the shades appears light through a film of blood.
A method of suturing comprising stitching with a sterile thread having a surface of which is a succession of closely spaced areas of contrasting shades, whereby at least one of the shades appears dark through a film of blood and at least one of the shades appears light through a film of blood.
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