Surgery – Instruments – Suture or ligature
Patent
1992-10-13
1995-01-24
Graysay, Tamara L.
Surgery
Instruments
Suture or ligature
A61L 1700
Patent
active
053839048
ABSTRACT:
A suture-pledget combination is improved by applying a stiffening agent to at least a portion of the suture adjacent to the pledget to decrease the probability of tangling or twisting of the suture during use.
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Muth Ross
Totakura Nagabhushanam
Graysay Tamara L.
United States Surgical Corporation
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