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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2010
Jeffrey C. Leung, Raleigh, NC (US);
Matthew A. Megaro, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Gregory Ruff, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Andrew Kaplan, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Jeffrey C. Leung, Raleigh, NC (US);
Matthew A. Megaro, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Gregory Ruff, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Andrew Kaplan, Hillsborough, NC (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
Subcutaneous sinusoidal wound-closure techniques use one-way sutures. The one-way sutures have tissue-grasping surface features which allow passage of the suture in one direction through tissue, but not in the opposite direction. In closing a wound, the one-way suture is deployed along a curvilinear path which passes alternately through subcutaneous tissue on opposed sides of the wound. The wound-closure techniques allow approximation of the sides of the wound without knots, avoid loop stitching and reduce scarring.