Ligament forming suture

Details Ligament forming suture Ligament forming suture

1976-06-10

1977-07-12

Truluck, Dalton L.

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Truss

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A61L 1700

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040347630

ABSTRACT:
A suture formed of loosely woven or expanded plastic material, one end of which is swaged to a suturing needle. Upon emplacement in the body, the suture acts initially to hold the tissues in place in a conventional manner. Thereafter it acts to bring about the formation by natural body processes of ligamentous tissue about the suture which supplements and virtually replaces the suture. The suture may be in small diameter tubular form or in small width flat form.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2940247 (1960-06-01), Kirschbaum
patent: 3304557 (1967-02-01), Polansky
patent: 3316557 (1967-05-01), Liebig
patent: 3454011 (1969-07-01), Wagner
patent: 3918455 (1975-11-01), Coplan
Campbell et al - Trans. A.S.A.I.O. vol. XX-A Apr. 1974, pp. 86-90.

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