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CONTINUOUS STITCH WOUND CLOSURE UTILIZING ONE-WAY SUTURE

  • US 20100298848A1
  • Filed: 08/04/2010
  • Published: 11/25/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for closing a wound in skin of a subject by holding together first tissue on a first face of the wound and second tissue on a second face of the wound using a suture including an elongate body, a first end and a second end, and a first plurality of barbs projecting from a first portion of the elongate body between the first end of the suture and a second portion of the elongate body, the first plurality of barbs oriented to permit movement of the first portion of the elongate body through tissue toward the first end and prevent movement of the first portion of the elongate body through tissue in an opposite direction, the method comprising steps of:

  • (a) inserting the first end of the suture into the first tissue at a first entrance point on the first face of the wound;

    (b) pushing the first end of the suture through the first tissue until the first end of the suture extends out of the first tissue at a first exit point below the skin on the first face of the wound;

    (c) gripping the first end of the suture and drawing the first portion of the elongate body through the first tissue until the second portion of the elongate body is adjacent the first entrance point thereby leaving a length of the first portion of the elongate body in the first tissue between the first entrance point and the first exit point;

    (d) inserting the first end of the suture into the second tissue at a second entrance point below the skin on the second face of the wound;

    (e) pushing the first end of the suture through the second tissue until the first end of the suture extends out of the second tissue at a second exit point below the skin on the second face of the wound;

    (f) gripping the first end of the suture and drawing the first portion of the elongate body through the second tissue leaving a length of the first portion of the elongate body in the second tissue between the second entrance point and the second exit point; and

    (g) securing the second portion of the elongate body to a tissue.

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