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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2012
Jeffrey M. Gross, Vancouver, CA;
Lev Drubetsky, Coquitlam, CA;
William L. D'agostino, Hamden, CT (US);
William L. Hunter, Vancouver, CA;
Jeffrey M. Gross, Vancouver, CA;
Lev Drubetsky, Coquitlam, CA;
William L. D'Agostino, Hamden, CT (US);
William L. Hunter, Vancouver, CA;
Ethicon, Inc., Somervlle, NJ (US);
Ethicon LLC, Guaynabo, PR (US);
Abstract
A suture having a first end for penetrating tissue, an elongated suture body having a periphery; a plurality of retainers on the periphery, and a second end having a variable loop of variable circumference, wherein the variable loop includes a fixed loop slidably engaging the elongated body for slidingly varying the circumference of the variable loop, and wherein the first end may pass through the variable loop to secure tissue as an anchor, the anchor preventing movement of the suture in the direction of deployment of the first end.