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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2022
Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, CH;
Jesse G. Nawrocki, Annandale, NJ (US);
Robert J. Tannhauser, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Leo B. Kriksunov, Ithaca, NY (US);
Abstract
A single-armed suture assembly includes a needle, a flexible suture, and a flexible sheath. The flexible suture is coupled with the needle. The flexible suture includes first and second portions. The first portion includes a plurality of first barbs having first tips extending away from the longitudinal path in either an insertion direction or in a counter insertion direction that is opposite to the insertion direction. The second portion includes a plurality of second barbs having second tips extending opposite to the first tips. The flexible sheath is configured to prevent one of the first or second tips that extend in the insertion direction from contacting tissue as the flexible sheath is being advanced in the insertion direction. The other of the first or second tips that extend in the counter insertion direction is configured to contact tissue as the flexible sheath is being advanced in the insertion direction.