Multifilament surgical cord

US6045571A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Donald G. Hill · Readington, US
• Margaret D'Aversa · Whitehouse Station, US
• Ilya Koyfman · Ringoes, US
• Ralph Louis Spengler · Long Valley, US
• Crawford R. Britt · Plainfield, US
• Robert J. Cerwin · Wantage, US
• Hal Brent Woodrow · Princeton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 1, 1999
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2000
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D10B2509/04
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgical cord comprising a interlocking multifilament sheath and an interlocked multifilament core. The interlocking multifilament core construction is characterized by being braided or knitted; preferred are braided cores with a pick counts ranging between 5 and 40.