Patent · US Expired

Suture thread

US4546769A · kind A · utility

31Cited by

3References

27Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Institute fur Textilund Faserforschung · DE

Inventors

Heinrich Planck · Ratingen, DE
Wolfgang Joas · Reutlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 1984
Grant date	Oct 15, 1985
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 14, 2004

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD10B2509/04
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A suture thread which comprises a jacket (or sheath) of a tubular braided structure made of yarns which are not crimped and a core located within the jacket containing crimped fibers. The jacket is formed by braiding the non-crimped yarns around the core.

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