RUFF, GREGORY, L.,LEUNG, JEFFREY C.,KAPLAN, ANDREW,MEGARO, MATTHEW, A.,BATCHELOR, STANTON, D.
申请号：
SG2014004089
公开号：
SG196840A1
申请日:
2005.05.16
申请国别(地区):
SG
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
5A barbed suture including a bodywith barbs on the periphery, a pointed end, and an anchor at one end toresist movement of the suture in the direction of the pointed end isprovided. One or more limbs on the anchor may be provided, which may bearcuate, of varying lengths, and varying distribution about the peripheryof the suture body. Other anchor designs are provided. Methods of placingsingle-directional and bi-directional 10 barbed sutures to approximate thetissue on each side of a wound and to position and support tissue in theabsence of a wound, as in cosmetic surgery, are provided, and may includeterminal J-stitches or S-stitches. Methods of placement may be made withsharp, pointed ends, which may be needles, or insertion devices.Sinusoidal patterns of sutures that have amplitudes generallyperpendicular to the resultant holding force of the suture 15are provided.Fig.49
