Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suture having a restraining element at an end and method and use thereof
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Application No.: US14887496Application Date: 2015-10-20
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Publication No.: US10213197B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: David C. Lindh, Sr. , Robert A. Rousseau , Darrell J. Lindh
- Applicant: Ethicon, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee: Ethicon LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PR Guaynabo
- Agency: Frost Brown Todd LLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61L17/00 ; A61B17/06 ; A61B17/00
Abstract:
Polymeric fibers, and apparatuses for and methods of processing such fibers to be useful as sutures, where at least one end of a fiber includes a termination feature. The termination feature is formed through the application of energy to a coiled region of the fiber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160106422A1 Suture Having a Restraining Element at an End and Method and Use Thereof Public/Granted day:2016-04-21
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