EP0554653A2
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Multicolored surgical braid
Assignee: Wyeth Holdings LLC
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Filing: 1993-01-04
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2013-01-04
Abstract
Abstract A multicolored braided surgical suture is woven in one embodiment in a spiral multi-color braid. The suture is braided by moving thread carriers from position to position around a circular path, with each carrier moving from a present position to a succeeding position which is at least two positions removed from its present position. Such spiral braided sutures are advantageously produced without core filaments, providing benefits in strength, smoothness, pliability, cylindrical uniformity without the discontinuity of properties characteristic of conventionally braided cored sutures and visibility. The surgical suture is woven in a multi-color lattice braid in another embodiment, providing a plurality of distributed core passageways for individual core fibers. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Edward J. Mccusker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 09:11
CPC Classifications
D; D04; D04C; D04C1/00; D04C1/06; D04C1/12; A; A61; A61L; A61L33/00; A61B; A61B17/00; A61B17/04; A61B17/06; A61B17/06166
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
34 words
A surgical suture comprising a plurality of compatible filaments braided into a spiral or lattice braid wherein at least one filament in said suture has a different colored fiber than the other filaments therein.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
34 words
A surgical suture comprising a plurality of compatible filaments braided into a spiral or lattice braid wherein at least one filament in said suture has a different colored fiber than the other filaments therein.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
140 words
The surgical suture of claim 1 braided into a spiral braid by moving filament dispensers to different positions around a closed loop, wherein an individual dispenser in the loop is moved from its current position to a succeeding position which is at least two positions removed from said current position, and wherein at least one filament in said suture has a different colored fiber than the other filaments therein or into a lattice braid by moving filament dispensers in three closed loop paths, a first and second of said paths being generally oblong and crossing over each other at a central intersection, the third of said paths passing through the ends of said first and second paths outside said central intersection, wherein the filaments in at least one path are a different color than the filaments in the other paths.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
The surgical suture of claim 2 braided into a spiral braid, wherein the portions of said filaments which are visible on the outside of the said braided suture are oriented substantially parallel to each other and are distributed in patterns which spiral around the outside of said suture, and optionally wherein said surgically compatible filaments are without any central, longitudinally extending core filaments.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
The surgical suture of claim 2 or 3 braided into a spiral braid, wherein the number of filaments is twenty, with from one to ten filaments being of a first color and the remaining filaments being of a second color different from said first color.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
The surgical suture of claim 2 braided into a lattice braid, wherein said suture in cross-section exhibits a generally rectangular shape, with filaments traversing said ends of said first and second paths being located at the corners of said rectangular shape.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The surgical suture of claim 2 braided into a lattice braid, wherein each moving filament dispenser alternately passes over then under the filaments dispensed on the paths it intersects.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The braided surgical suture of claim 2 braided into a lattice braid, wherein there are at least three filament dispensers traversing each of said paths.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The surgical suture of claim 2 braided into a lattice braid, wherein there are formed a plurality of core filament passageways located adjacent to the points of intersection of two or more of said paths.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
91 words
The surgical suture of any one of claims 2 or 5 to 8 braided into a lattice braid, wherein the filament of one of said first and second paths is a first color and the filament of the other of said first and second paths and the filament of said third path is a second color different from said first color, or wherein the filament of said third path is a first color and the filaments of said first and second paths is a second color different from said first color.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
62 words
The surgical suture of any one of claims 2 or 5 to 8 braided into a lattice braid, wherein the filament of said first path is a first color, the filament of said second path is a second color different from said first color and the filament of said third path is a third color different from said first and second colors.
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