#$%^&*AU2019219868A120190919.pdf#####Abstract A medical device comprising a surgical needle; an elongated suture having a first end proximate to the surgical needle and a second end located away from the surgical needle, the elongated suture including a plurality of fibers defining a mesh wall extending between the first and second ends, a plurality of pores extending through the mesh wall, at least some of the pores in the macroporous size range of greater than 200 microns and adapted to facilitate tissue integration through the mesh wall when introduced into a body; and an intervening segment disposed between and adapted to connect the first end of the elongated suture and the needle, wherein the intervening segment comprises multiple intervening segments adapted to be connected together to attached the needle to the first end of the suture.0 O Ku n u. C) LL OL C