Self-retaining sutures with heat-contact mediated retainers

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PATENT NO 8771313
APP PUB NO 20110046668A1
SERIAL NO

12808081

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Provided herein are sutures to be used in a procedure applied to tissue, and methods for forming such sutures. A suture can include an elongated suture body and a plurality of heat-contact mediated retainers extending from and along the elongated suture body. The heat-contact mediated retainers can be formed by temporarily contacting the elongated suture body with one or more heated element.

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  • ETHICON, INC.;ETHICON LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cummings, Gerald F Port Moody, CA 10 396
Drubetsky, Lev Coquitlam, CA 24 1724
Goraltchouk, Alexei Richmond, CA 71 1689
Herrmann, Robert A Vancouver, CA 35 1604
Naimagon, Alexander Richmond, CA 17 1481

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