US 5,843,096 A · Medical suturing material

Abstract

A medical suturing material which is loaded into an automatic suturing device having a staple line when used. The medical suturing material according to the present invention is formed into a bag shape having a closed leading end by sewing a sheet shape suturing material by using a suturing thread. The main material of the suturing material is unwoven fabric such as felt, woven fabric or a knit cloth having somewhat flexibility and stretchability. In particular, bioabsorbable polymer, such as polyglycolic acid or a portion of a tissue of an organism is employed. Since the suturing material according to the present invention is formed into the bag shape having a closed leading end by sewing, displacement taking place attributable to shrinkage in the insertion direction can be prevented when the automatic suturing device is inserted.

Claims10

Dependent claims

In combination with an automatic suturing device used for suturing and cutting tissue, the automatic suturing device having a suturing mechanism portion, and a jaw portion:

a medical suturing material comprising at least one sheet of a flexible main suturing material sewn into a bag shape having a closed leading end by at least one suturing thread, the suturing thread being drawable wherein said medical suturing material is loaded into said suturing mechanism portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

08/765,882Filed 30 Apr 1997

Priority

JP 7-1098348 May 1995

Granted

1 Dec 1998

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A61F 2/0063
Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting…:…
A61B 17/07207
For applying a row of staples in a single action, e.g. the staples being applied simultaneously: the staples being applied sequentially
A61L 17/12
Containing macromolecular materials: homopolymers or copolymers of glycolic acid or lactic acid
A61B 17/07292
For applying a row of staples in a single action, e.g. the staples being applied simultaneously: reinforcements for staple line, e.g. pledgets

Medical suturing material

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Medical suturing material

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Abstract

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