Surgical suture material with barbs cut into it in the undrawn state

US8936619B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Aesculap AG · DE
• ITV Denkendorf Produktservice GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Erich Odermatt · Schaffhausen, CH
• Ingo Berndt · Tuttlingen, DE
• Silke König · Rottweil, DE
• Erhard Müller · Stuttgart, DE
• Sven Oberhoffner · Waiblingen, DE
• Heinrich Planck · Ratingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 6, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 20, 2015
• Expiry date: May 23, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/0341
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A drawn surgical suture material includes an elongate main body and barbs for anchoring in biological tissues, wherein the barbs are formed by cuts made into the suture material in the undrawn state.