Patent ID: 8795332
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A barbed suture for connecting human or animal tissue, said suture comprising (a) an elongated body having a longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end and (b) a plurality of barbs projecting from the body and having a multiple spiral disposition, each barb facing in a direction and being adapted for resisting movement of the suture, when in tissue, in an opposite direction from the direction in which the barb faces, the suture comprising barbs with a configuration that includes an underside of the barbs, where the underside of a barb attaches to the suture body along an arcuate line such that the underside of the barb forms a concave surface, wherein the multiple spiral disposition includes barbs spaced longitudinally along the body such that a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the suture and cutting transversely through the suture and intersecting a barb will not intersect any other barb.