Method of forming barbs on a suture and apparatus for performing same
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Mar 29, 2011
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Aug 16, 2007
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Mar 27, 2007
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Aug 31, 2001
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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 is disclosed. 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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