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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2011
Applicant:
Robert A. Rousseau, Ottsville, PA (US);
Inventor:
Robert A. Rousseau, Ottsville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61L 17/04 (2006.01); A61L 17/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61L 17/04 (2013.01); A61L 17/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Tissue securement fibers of reduced cross sectional area and methods of making them are disclosed. The fibers comprising reduced cross sectional areas provide higher degrees of flexibility by providing discrete bending zones most useful in applications when the fiber is bent at an included angle less than 180°, more particularly when the included angle is less than 90°.