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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
May. 13, 2004
Michael Trull, Apex, NC (US);
Perry A. Genova, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robert C. Williams, Iii, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey C. Leung, Raleigh, NC (US);
Matthew A. Megaro, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Stanton Batchelor, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Andrew Corson, Apex, NC (US);
Michael Trull, Apex, NC (US);
Perry A. Genova, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robert C. Williams, III, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey C. Leung, Raleigh, NC (US);
Matthew A. Megaro, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Stanton Batchelor, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Andrew Corson, Apex, NC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for cutting barbs into a suture having a filament supply. The apparatus also has an in-feed collet for holding one end of a filament threaded therethrough. Further the apparatus has an out-feed collet for holding a second end of a filament threaded therethrough. Additionally, the apparatus has a holder positioned between said in-feed and out-feed collets for holding a filament suspended between the in-feed and out-feed collets. The apparatus also has a cutting assembly for cutting barbs in the filament tensioned between the in-feed and out-feed collets.