Lev Drubetsky;Alexei Goraltchouk;Gerald F. Cummings;Robert A. Herrmann;Alexander Naimagon
发明人:
Alexei Goraltchouk,Lev Drubetsky,Gerald F. Cummings,Robert A. Herrmann,Alexander Naimagon
申请号:
US12808081
公开号:
US08771313B2
申请日:
2008.12.19
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要:
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.