Patent ID: 8926659
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: A61B,B21J,B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A barbed surgical suture comprising: a suture thread having an end, a longitudinal axis and an exterior surface, with a needle attached to the end of the suture thread; a plurality of barbs disposed along the exterior surface of said suture thread; each barb being at least one of, rotationally displaced around the longitudinal axis of the suture thread, and axially displaced along the longitudinal axis of the suture thread, relative to each adjacent barb; each barb having a tip and as base; each bath being defined by a cut into the exterior surface of said suture thread; wherein the cut has an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the suture thread which changes between the tip of each barb and the base of each barb; and wherein the barbed surgical suture is adapted for use in surgical applications to hold closed a surgical or traumatic wound in tissue.