Title:
外科用針と結合させたバーブ付き縫合糸
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5868785
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
This invention relates to a barbed suture for connecting human or animal tissue in combination with a surgical needle, said combination comprising a barbed suture attached to a surgical needle, wherein the suture comprises a plurality of barbs projecting from an elongated body having a first end and a diameter, each barb facing in a direction and being adapted for resisting movement of the suture when in tissue, in an opposite direction from the direction in which the barb faces, characterized in that the elongated has a non-circular diameter and the surgical needle has a diameter with a ratio of the surgical needle diameter to the barbed suture diameter of about 3:1 or less.
Inventors:
Leon, Jeffrey, Sea.
Rough, Gregory, Elle.
Megalo, Matthew, A.
Rough, Gregory, Elle.
Megalo, Matthew, A.
Application Number:
JP2012128587A
Publication Date:
February 24, 2016
Filing Date:
June 06, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Ethicon,LLC
International Classes:
A61B17/06; A61L17/00; A61B17/04; A61L17/04; A61L17/06; A61L17/10; A61L31/10; G03F3/08; H04N1/04; A61L
Domestic Patent References:
| JP200259235A | ||||
| JP4266749A | ||||
| JP3165751A |
Foreign References:
| US5931855 | ||||
| US3123077 | ||||
| EP1075843A1 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Konobu Kato
Takafumi Oshima
Takafumi Oshima