Patent ID: 11890003
Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of manufacturing a medical device, comprising:
creating an elongated suture having a first end and an opposite second end, the elongated suture including a plurality of fibers defining a mesh wall extending between the first and second ends, a plurality of pores extending through the mesh wall, at least some of the pores in the microporous size range of greater than 200 microns and adapted to facilitate tissue integration through the mesh wall when configured to introduce into a body;
providing an intervening segment disposed between and adapted to connect the first end of the elongated suture and a surgical needle, wherein the intervening segment comprises multiple intervening segments adapted to be connected together; and
attaching the first end of the elongated suture to the surgical needle by connecting the multiple intervening segments together.