SELF-RETAINING SUTURES WITH HEAT-CONTACT MEDIATED RETAINERS

SELF-RETAINING SUTURES WITH HEAT-CONTACT MEDIATED RETAINERS

Provided herein are sutures to be used in a procedure applied to tissue, and methods for forming such sutures. A suture can include an elongated suture body and a plurality of heat-contact mediated retainers extending from and along the elongated suture body. The heat-contact mediated retainers can...

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Hauptverfasser: GORALTCHOUK, Alexei, DRUBETSKY, Lev, HERRMANN, Robert, A, NAIMAGON, Alexander, CUMMINGS, Gerald, F
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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DIAGNOSIS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
SURGERY
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Zusammenfassung:Provided herein are sutures to be used in a procedure applied to tissue, and methods for forming such sutures. A suture can include an elongated suture body and a plurality of heat-contact mediated retainers extending from and along the elongated suture body. The heat-contact mediated retainers can be formed by temporarily contacting the elongated suture body with one or more heated element.