Genova, Perry A.,Williams III, Robert C.,Leung, Jeffrey C.,Megaro, Matthew A.,Batchelor, Stanton,Corson, Andrew,Trull, Michael
申请号:
AU2011265557
公开号:
AU2011265557B2
申请日:
2011.12.23
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
#$%^&*AU2011265557B220130912.pdf#####Abstract It is provided a filament with barbs cut therein, where the barbs have an interior surface, and the interior surface has a roughened texture. It is also provided an apparatus for cutting barbs into sutures, comprising a first edge, sharply honed for cutting a barb into a suture to a specified depth and in a specified direction, and a second edge, blunted and roughened to impart a roughened texture to a surface of the barb cut into the suture. It is further provided a method for cutting barbs into a suture, comprising drawing a first edge into a suture to specified depth and in a specified direction to cut a barb, the first edge being sharply honed, and drawing a second edge into the previously cut barb to impart a roughened texture to the surface of the barb, the second edge have a blunted and roughened edge.1/22 7 8 172 F1G. 1 4a 5a 3 FIG. 2