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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/11 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/1114 (2013.01); A61L 31/042 (2013.01); A61L 31/043 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00597 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0065 (2013.01);
Abstract
To reduce the risk of a ruptured suture after a surgery or the like, a medical apparatus includes a biodegradable sheet in which a plurality of through-holes are formed, a value of a ratio (D/P) of a hole diameter D to a pitch P of the through-hole is in a range of 0.25 or more and less than 40. Such a medical apparatus is useful as an adhesion promoting device for promoting adhesion of biological tissue.