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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ilya Koyfman, Orange, CT (US);
Michael P Chesterfield, Norwalk, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606228 ; 606230 ; 28274 ; 57206 ; 57243 ; 57236 ; 57237 ;
Abstract
A bioabsorbable surgical suture which includes at least one multifilament yarn having at least one portion wherein the filaments of the yarn are entangled. The suture has a core formed by combining a length of the entangled yarn with a length of at least one other entangled yarn to form a plied yarn which is then entangled and twisted in a particular direction. This entangled and twisted yarn is then combined with another entangled and twisted yarn, both yarns having been twisted in the same direction. The combined yarns are then twisted together in the opposite direction to form a suture core.