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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Teleflex Medical Incorporated, Durham, NC (US);
James R. Olson, Norwich, CT (US);
TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A colored suture includes an elongate woven braid of filaments including one or more ends made of an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The suture also includes second and third ends which can be colorable or dyeable before or after incorporation into the elongate woven braid. This invention provides surgeons with improved recognition of suture ends in surgery by construction of a bi-colored co-braid with at least two ends of different color schemes or patterns braided into a UHMWPE construction. One of the colored ends runs continuously from one end of the suture to the other end. The other colored end can be colored only on one half of the end. This provides a suture with two distinguishable ends, while still maintaining a continuous line of color along the length of the suture.