Method of forming barbs on a suture and apparatus for performing same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6848152
APP PUB NO 20030041426A1
SERIAL NO

09943733

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A method of making a barbed suture by varying the blade geometry and/or the movement of the blade when cutting a suture. The method can also be accomplished with a cutting device to create a plurality of barbs on the exterior of surgical suture. The barbs produced using the method with the cutting device can be the same or random configurations.

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  • ETHICON, INC.;ETHICON, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Genova, Perry Chapel Hill, NC 22 1704
Jewett, Warren Cary, NC 17 1623
Williams, III Robert C Raleigh, NC 12 611

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