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Patent No.:

US 8579922 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013

Filed:

Sep. 24, 2010
Applicants:

Jonathan P. Glick, Hamden, CT (US);

Richard Schiretz, Middletown, CT (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan P. Glick, Hamden, CT (US);

Richard Schiretz, Middletown, CT (US);

Assignee:

Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A suture kit includes a plurality of flexible strands of suture, each of the strands of suture having one or more suture markings indicative of a suture orientation and a mesh material configured to enable the strands of suture to be passed therethrough, wherein at least one quadrant/section of the mesh material having one or more mesh markings indicative of a mesh material orientation. The one or more suture markings include visual indicators and the one or more mesh markings include visual indicators, the suture visual indicators corresponding to the mesh visual indicators for indicating correct orientation of the mesh material with respect to tissue of a subject.


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Glick, Jonathan. (2013). Method of suture identification and mesh marking for orienting and locating a mesh during hernia repair (U.S. Patent No. 8579922). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8579922

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