Multifilament surgical cord
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsDonald G. Hill, Margaret D'Aversa, Ilya S. Koyfman, Ralph Louis Spengler, Crawford R. Britt, Robert J. Cerwin, Hal Brent Woodrow
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Abstract
A surgical cord comprising a interlocking multifilament sheath and an interlocked multifilament core. The interlocking multifilament core construction is characterized by being braided or knitted; preferred are braided cores with a pick counts ranging between 5 and 40.
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A surgical cord comprising biocompatible surgical cord having an interlocking sheath and an interlocked multifilament core selected from the group consisting of braided cores having a pick count of from about 5 to about 40 crossovers/inch and knitted cores.
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