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Apparatus for forming barbs on a suture

US8032996B2 · kind B2 · utility

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444References

16Claims

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Assignee

Quill Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael Trull · Apex, US
Perry A. Genova · Chapel Hill, US
Robert C. Williams, III · Nazareth, US
Jeffrey C. Leung · Raleigh, US
Matthew A. Megaro · Chapel Hill, US
Stanton D. Batchelor · Holly Springs, US
Andrew Corson · Apex, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 13, 2004
Grant date	Oct 11, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 13, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/29
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for cutting barbs into a suture having a filament supply. The apparatus also has an in-feed collet for holding one end of a filament threaded therethrough. Further the apparatus has an out-feed collet for holding a second end of a filament threaded therethrough. Additionally, the apparatus has a holder positioned between said in-feed and out-feed collets for holding a filament suspended between the in-feed and out-feed collets. The apparatus also has a cutting assembly for cutting barbs in the filament tensioned between the in-feed and out-feed collets.

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