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Integrally formed suture and suture lock

  • US 6,015,428 A
  • Filed: 06/03/1998
  • Issued: 01/18/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A self adjusting self locking suture lock to be used with surgical suture thread and suture needle, said self adjusting self locking suture lock comprising a body having a front side, a back side, a first edge, a thread retaining opening, and a stitch lock opening;

  • the thread retaining opening having a thread opening slightly smaller in diameter than said suture thread and a slot extending outwardly from said thread opening to said first edge;

    the stitch lock opening having mounted therein an elastic plug capable of creating sufficient frictional pressure on said suture material to secure a stitch.

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