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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Francis D Colligan, New Haven, CT (US);
Assignee:
United States Surgical Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606224 ; 606225 ; 606226 ;
Abstract
A method for attaching a multifilament suture having a sheath and core structure to a surgical incision member includes removing a length of core material from an end portion of the suture, and inserting the coreless sheath into the surgical incision member aperture. The coreless sheath of the end portion may optionally be tipped prior to insertion into the surgical incision member.