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：
US12937776
公开号：
US08876865B2
申请日:
2009.04.14
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
Provided herein are sutures for use in a procedure applied to tissue, and methods for forming such sutures. Some sutures include bi-directional retainers, each of which can be deployed in two directions, but once deployed in one direction, resist motion in the opposite direction. Other sutures include uni-directional retainers that are conical in shape, and include tissue engaging protrusions that extend from edges and/or angled walls of the conical retainers.
