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Patent No.:

US 11446021 B1

Date of Patent:

Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2018

Electrically weldable suture material, and apparatus and method for forming welded suture loops and other welded structures

Applicant:

Egan Design Llc, Marblehead, MA (US);

Inventor:

Thomas D. Egan, Marblehead, MA (US);

Assignee:

Egan Design LLC, Marblehead, MA (US);

Attorney:

Jones Robb, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Katherine H Schwiker

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

A61B 17/06 (2006.01); B29C 65/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61L 17/00 (2006.01); A61L 17/06 (2006.01); A61L 17/14 (2006.01); B29C 65/34 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/74 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61B 17/122 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); B29K 505/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); B29K 507/04 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 17/0643 (2013.01); A61B 17/122 (2013.01); A61L 17/005 (2013.01); A61L 17/06 (2013.01); A61L 17/14 (2013.01); B29C 65/04 (2013.01); B29C 65/3412 (2013.01); B29C 65/3416 (2013.01); B29C 65/3468 (2013.01); B29C 65/7451 (2013.01); B29C 66/112 (2013.01); B29C 66/114 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/30221 (2013.01); B29C 66/50 (2013.01); B29C 66/5346 (2013.01); B29C 66/69 (2013.01); B29C 66/73141 (2013.01); B29C 66/73921 (2013.01); B29C 66/8161 (2013.01); B29C 66/832 (2013.01); B29C 66/863 (2013.01); B29C 66/8618 (2013.01); A61B 17/0483 (2013.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00955 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0608 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0619 (2013.01); B29C 65/3476 (2013.01); B29C 65/3492 (2013.01); B29C 66/71 (2013.01); B29C 66/7212 (2013.01); B29C 66/72143 (2013.01); B29K 2105/162 (2013.01); B29K 2505/00 (2013.01); B29K 2507/04 (2013.01); B29L 2031/709 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01);

Abstract

A device for positioning in the body of an animal, the device comprising a first portion and a second portion that may be positioned in contact with one other, the first portion and the second portion each comprising a biocompatible conductive thermoplastic material, such that when the device is positioned in the body of an animal and electric current flows from the first portion to the second portion, heat is generated by electrical resistance at the point of contact between the first portion and the second portion so as to melt regions of the first portion and the second portion, and when the electric current is thereafter terminated, the melted regions of the first portion and the second portion re-solidify so that a weld is formed between the first portion and the second portion.

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