SUTURES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME

• US 20090105753A1
• Filed: 08/26/2005
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Prodesco, Inc. (Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin SCA)
• Original Assignee: Prodesco, Inc. (Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin SCA)
• Inventors: Smith, Neal C., Greenhalgh, E. Skott
• Application Number:
  US11/574,222
• Publication Number:
  US 20090105753A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/228
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 17/145 Coating

Abstract

A non-braided suture and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The suture can be woven, for example, from warp yarns and a fill yarn. The suture can have a sheath. The sheath can have a lubricious coating on the inside and the outside of the sheath. The suture can have a textured surface. The suture can furcate. Methods of using the suture are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A multi-filament suture for biological use comprising:

a warp yarn; and

a fill yarn;

wherein the suture comprises a weave.

2. The suture of claim 1, further comprising a sheath.

3. The suture of claim 2, wherein the sheath comprises a weave.

4. The suture of claim 2, wherein the sheath comprises yarn.

5. The suture of claim 2, wherein the sheath is a non-yarn material.

6. The suture of claim 2, further comprising a core.

7. The suture of claim 4, wherein the sheath substantially surrounds the core.

8. The suture of claim 6, wherein the core has core mechanical properties, and wherein the sheath has sheath mechanical properties, and wherein the core mechanical properties are not substantially equivalent to the sheath mechanical properties.

9. The suture of claim 1, wherein the suture has a textured surface.

10. The suture of claim 9, wherein the textured surface has a high-friction surface.

11. The suture of claim 10, wherein the textured surface comprises the warp yarns.

12. The suture of claim 10, wherein the textured surface comprises a sheath.

13. The suture of claim 9, wherein the textured surface has a low-friction surface comprising the warp yarns.

14. The suture of claim 1, further comprising an agent, and wherein the suture is configured to elute the agent.

15. A suture for biological use, comprising

A first length having a first end,

A second length having a first end and a second end, wherein the second length comprises multiple strands.

wherein the first end of the first length is integral with the second end of the second length.

16. The suture of claim 15, wherein the first length consists of a single strand.

17. The suture of claim 15, further comprising a third length having a second end, wherein the second end of the third length is integral with the first end of the second length.

18. The suture of claim 15, wherein a first strand in the second length has a first terminal end.

19. The suture of claim 18, wherein a second strand in the second length has a second terminal end.

20. The suture of claim 15, wherein the suture comprises a fill yarn and a warp yarn, and wherein the fill yarn is woven with the warp yarn.

21. A method of making a multi-filament suture for biological use, comprising:

weaving the suture, and wherein a fill yarn is woven into at least one warp yarn.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising weaving a sheath.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising encompassing a core in a sheath.