Surgical suture

Details Surgical suture Surgical suture

1997-02-11

1999-04-20

Jackson, Gary

Surgery

Instruments

Suture or ligature

606231, A61B 1704

Patent

active

058954139

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a surgical suture which can be used for stitching together extensive skin deformations or skin areas desired to be surgically removed or in view of preventing the expansion of the scar of conventional surgical wounds. Therefore, the suture of the invention is made of silicone elastomer having a visco-elastic elongation of more than 50%, preferably more than 100% and an elongating force of only 1-20N when the elongation is 100%.

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patent: 3454011 (1969-07-01), Wagner
patent: 4905367 (1990-03-01), Pinchuk et al.
patent: 5147382 (1992-09-01), Gertzman et al.
patent: 5263971 (1993-11-01), Hirshowitz et al.

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