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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2004
Hiroyuki Shimoji, Ayabe, JP;
Hitoshi Ohtani, Ayabe, JP;
Hiroyuki Shimoji, Ayabe, JP;
Hitoshi Ohtani, Ayabe, JP;
Gunze Limited, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a tubular suture reinforcement material suitable for use in automatic suturing devices that are widely used in surgical operations, etc. More specifically, the present invention relates to a tubular suture reinforcement material with which a tubular shape is easily obtained to thereby increase its productivity, and removal of thread is easily achieved. The present invention provides a tubular suture reinforcement material for an automatic suturing device formed by stacking two sheet-like materials and sewing together both ends of the two sheet-like materials using two chain stitches (intralooping stitches) each thread end at each sewing end is suitably extended, and the thread end is passed through an anterior loop continuous to the thread end, thereby preventing the thread from unraveling.