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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING SELF-RETAINING SUTURES

  • US 20110106152A1
  • Filed: 01/30/2009
  • Published: 05/05/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for cutting retainers on a continuous strand, comprisinga rotary head member configured to be rotatably driven about a longitudinal axis, the rotary head member including a center hole substantially coincident with the longitudinal axis and configured to receive the strand;

  • anda retainer forming member supported on the rotary head member and comprising a cutting edge directed substantially inward toward the longitudinal axis, wherein when the rotary head member rotates about the longitudinal axis and the strand is continuously pulled through the center hole along the longitudinal axis, the cutting edge intermittently or continuously cuts retainers about an outer surface of the strand.

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