Subcutaneous sinusoidal wound closure utilizing one-way suture
US8777989B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 4, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 22, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/1135
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Subcutaneous sinusoidal wound-closure techniques use one-way sutures. The one-way sutures have tissue-grasping surface features which allow passage of the suture in one direction through tissue, but not in the opposite direction. In closing a wound, the one-way suture is deployed along a curvilinear path which passes alternately through subcutaneous tissue on opposed sides of the wound. The wound-closure techniques allow approximation of the sides of the wound without knots, avoid loop stitching and reduce scarring.
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