Krasimira Hristov;John P. Collier;Jesse G. Nawrocki;David C. Lindh, SR.
发明人:
John P. Collier,David C. Lindh, SR.,Jesse G. Nawrocki,Krasimira Hristov
申请号：
US13621612
公开号：
US20130066369A1
申请日:
2012.09.17
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
A suture assembly and a method for making the same is provided. The suture assembly includes a plurality of unbarbed filamentary elements intertwined with one another and at least one barbed filamentary element having a longitudinal axis and having plurality of barbs extending outwardly therefrom in a first direction less than 90 degrees from the longitudinal axis. According to exemplary embodiments, the at least one barbed filamentary may be intertwined along its length with the plurality of unbarbed filamentary elements, and the plurality of barbs extending outwardly beyond the unbarbed filamentary elements, or the primary outer periphery of the at least one barbed filamentary element may be contained within the intertwined unbarbed filamentary elements with the plurality of barbs extending through and outwardly from the plurality of unbarbed filamentary elements.
