Suture assembly

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1995-06-19

1996-12-17

Jackson, Gary

Surgery

Instruments

Suture or ligature

606215, 606230, A61B 1704

Patent

active

055848591

ABSTRACT:
A suture assembly made of bioabsorbable material is disclosed having a central body member with a plurality of elongated lateral members in a plane extending perpendicularly on each side therefrom and interconnected to the central body member by elastic connectors, each lateral member having a plurality of barb members extending at an acute angle therefrom, for the lateral members to be inserted laterally into two sides of a cut in body tissue, stretching the elastic connectors so that after insertion the two sides of the cut are joined at the incision junction around or above the central body member and are retained securely and non-withdrawably in the body tissue by the barb members on such lateral members, with such lateral members and attached body tissue being pulled toward the central body member by the contracting action of the elastic connectors. Also disclosed is a method for utilizing the suture assembly of this invention.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3123077 (1964-03-01), Alcamo
patent: 4467805 (1984-08-01), Fukuda
patent: 4621639 (1986-11-01), Transue et al.
patent: 5222976 (1993-06-01), Yooh
patent: 5342376 (1994-08-01), Ruff

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