Jet entangled suture yarn and method for making same
AssigneeUnited States Surgical Corporation
InventorsIlya Koyfman, Michael P. Chesterfield
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Abstract
A bioabsorbable surgical suture which includes at least one multifilament yarn having at least one portion wherein the filaments of the yarn are entangled. The suture has a core formed by combining a length of the entangled yarn with a length of at least one other entangled yarn to form a plied yarn which is then entangled and twisted in a particular direction. This entangled and twisted yarn is then combined with another entangled and twisted yarn, both yarns having been twisted in the same direction. The combined yarns are then twisted together in the opposite direction to form a suture core.
Claims10
A surgical suture, which comprises a plurality of multifilament yarns fabricated from a synthetic polymeric bioabsorbable suture material, each said yarn having at least first and second portions wherein the filaments of said yarn are jet entangled, said plurality of yarns being further combined and twisted together.
A surgical suture which comprises at least one multifilament yarn having at least one portion wherein the filaments of said yarn are entangled, wherein said suture includes a core formed by combining a length of the entangled yarn with a length of at least one other entangled yarn to form a plied yarn;
- entangling and twisting the plied yarn;
- then combining a length of said twisted and entangled plied yarn with a length of at least one other twisted and entangled plied yarn, each of said twisted and entangled plied yarns having been twisted in the same direction;
- and then twisting said combined twisted and entangled plied yarns in the opposite direction to form a suture core.
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