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Title:
編み上げられた有棘縫合糸
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009500074
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A suture assembly and a method for making the same is provided. The suture assembly includes a plurality of unbarbed filamentary elements intertwined with one another and at least one barbed filamentary element having a longitudinal axis and having plurality of barbs extending outwardly therefrom in a first direction less than 90 degrees from the longitudinal axis. According to exemplary embodiments, the at least one barbed filamentary may be intertwined along its length with the plurality of unbarbed filamentary elements, and the plurality of barbs extending outwardly beyond the unbarbed filamentary elements, or the primary outer periphery of the at least one barbed filamentary element may be contained within the intertwined unbarbed filamentary elements with the plurality of barbs extending through and outwardly from the plurality of unbarbed filamentary elements.

Inventors:
Korea John Pee
Lind David S.R.
Now Rocky Jessie Gee
Christoph Krasimilla
Application Number:
JP2008519401A
Publication Date:
January 08, 2009
Filing Date:
June 21, 2006
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
ETHICON, INCORPORATED
International Classes:
A61L17/00
Domestic Patent References:
JPS6340559A1988-02-20
Foreign References:
US20030149447A12003-08-07
US5964783A1999-10-12
WO2003017850A22003-03-06
WO2004030705A22004-04-15
WO2004030704A22004-04-15
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Konobu Kato
Hideaki Tazawa
Hamada Hatsune