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US 8,771,313 B2Granted
Self-retaining sutures with heat-contact mediated retainers
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsAlexei Goraltchouk, Lev Drubetsky, Gerald F. Cummings, Robert A. Herrmann, Alexander Naimagon
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Abstract
Provided herein are sutures to be used in a procedure applied to tissue, and methods for forming such sutures. A suture can include an elongated suture body and a plurality of heat-contact mediated retainers extending from and along the elongated suture body. The heat-contact mediated retainers can be formed by temporarily contacting the elongated suture body with one or more heated element.
Claims5
A suture that can be used during a procedure applied to tissue, comprising:
- an elongated suture body;
- and a plurality of heat-contact mediated retainers arranged along at least a portion of the elongated suture body and extending outward from the elongated suture body, wherein the elongated suture body includes a first longitudinal portions;
- and a first group of the heat-contact mediated retainers extend from the first longitudinal portion substantially yield to motion of the elongated suture body within the tissue when the elongated suture body is drawn in a first direction and resist motion of the elongated suture body in a second direction opposite the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.