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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2007
Applicants:
Peter Butcher, Nottingham, GB;
Christopher Reah, Taunton, GB;
Inventors:
Peter Butcher, Nottingham, GB;
Christopher Reah, Taunton, GB;
Assignee:
NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05B 93/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A manufacturing process and resultant medical devices and components thereof wherein one or more individual laces () is placed within an embroidered structure () using an automated process allowing for the manufacture of embroidered surgical implants containing laces to be mass produced repeatably and cost effectively.