Patent ID: 7892256

Claim:
A surgical suture comprising: a length of round, high strength suture having a thickness; a tape section having a flattened profile and being provided as a flat braid formed of braided strands, the flat braid being formed around the length of the round suture, the flat braid being supported on the length of the round suture and having a width greater than the thickness of the round suture, the length of round, high strength suture passing through an entire length of the flat braid; and a transition provided at each opposite end of the tape section, the transition being stitched or glued so that the width of the tape section tapers down to the thickness of the suture, each transition joining the tape to the length of the round, high strength suture passing therethrough, so that each opposite end of the tape section is inserted into the length of round, high strength suture.