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Automated method for cutting tissue retainers on a suture

  • US 7,996,968 B2
  • Filed: 08/04/2010
  • Issued: 08/16/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for cutting barbs on a suture thread having a longitudinal axis, the method comprising:

  • (a) setting the suture thread on a support;

    (b) actuating an electrically-operated reciprocating blade assembly to create a first barb at a first location on the suture thread;

    (c) indexing the suture thread along the longitudinal axis; and

    (d) actuating the electrically-operated reciprocating blade assembly to create a second barb at a second location on the suture thread longitudinally-displaced from the first location.

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