Title:
SUTURE CONTAINING BARB
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012090951
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a system and method for forming barbed sutures from blown films.
The method for forming the barbed suture includes providing the blown film, cutting slits into an outer edge of the blown film, and twisting the blown film so that the slits protrude from the twisted blown film to form the barbed sutures. The system for forming the barbed sutures includes a set of heating rollers configured for stiffening the outer edge of the blown film, a set of cutting rollers configured for forming the slits in the outer edge, a set of twisting rollers configured for twisting the blown film into the sutures, and a heat source to set the sutures.
Inventors:
LAURIA PAUL
Application Number:
JP2011165854A
Publication Date:
May 17, 2012
Filing Date:
July 28, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TYCO HEALTHCARE
International Classes:
A61L17/00
Foreign References:
| US4129632A | 1978-12-12 | |||
| US3833972A | 1974-09-10 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takeshi Oshio
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