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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Inventors:
David C. Lindh, Sr., Flemington, NJ (US);
Robert A. Rousseau, Ottsville, PA (US);
Darrell J. Lindh, East Wakefield, NH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61L 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0404 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01);
Abstract
Polymeric fibers, and apparatuses for and methods of processing such fibers to be useful as sutures, where at least one end of a fiber includes a termination feature. The termination feature is formed through the application of energy to a coiled region of the fiber.