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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
Alexei Goraltchouk, Goleta, CA (US);
Lev Drubetsky, Coquitlam, CA;
Gerald F. Cummings, Port Moody, CA;
Robert A. Herrmann, Vancouver, CA;
Alexander Naimagon, Richmond, CA;
Alexei Goraltchouk, Goleta, CA (US);
Lev Drubetsky, Coquitlam, CA;
Gerald F. Cummings, Port Moody, CA;
Robert A. Herrmann, Vancouver, CA;
Alexander Naimagon, Richmond, CA;
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are sutures for use in a procedure applied to tissue, and methods for forming such sutures. Some sutures include bi-directional retainers, each of which can be deployed in two directions, but once deployed in one direction, resist motion in the opposite direction. Other sutures include uni-directional retainers that are conical in shape, and include tissue engaging protrusions that extend from edges and/or angled walls of the conical retainers.