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Sternum suture material and its manufacturing method

  • US 20030153947A1
  • Filed: 02/03/2003
  • Published: 08/14/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A sternum suture material used when closing the sternum during cardiac surgery, the material made of thin monofilaments or thin wire cross-woven by combining the monofilament and the wire and forming one loop or a multiple number of chain-like rings in the cable, the thread or the wire becomes a straight line during suture due to tension, the cable easy to fasten at time of fastening because of utilizing the rings of the chain, a straight needle or a curved needle to pierce the sternum is connected to one or both ends of the wire, the end parts of the wire to which the needle is connected is woven in a thinly narrowed way.

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