US 12,220,122 B2
Multipart suture
Bart Bracy, Orlando, FL (US)
Assigned to ANIKA THERAPEUTICS, INC., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by Anika Therapeutics, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/487,601.
Application 18/487,601 is a continuation of application No. 15/330,819, filed on Nov. 7, 2016, granted, now 11,819,207.
Application 15/330,819 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2015/029792, filed on May 7, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/989,899, filed on May 7, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0115258 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/06166 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00831 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00964 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06052 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multicomponent suture comprising:
a first suture portion having a first cross-sectional profile, said first suture portion including a first substantially bioabsorbable material; and
a second suture portion having a second cross-sectional profile, said second suture portion including a first substantially non-bioabsorbable material, wherein said second suture portion includes a region having a flexible braided configuration comprising one or more of fibers, threads, and yarns that define apertures therebetween,
wherein at least a portion of said first suture portion has a peripheral surface region configured to interact mechanically with said one or more of fibers, threads, and yarns such that said first and second suture portions are configured to be coupled to one another at respective mutually adjacent ends thereof so as to form an integrated suture having a first region that is substantially bioabsorbable and a second region that is substantially non-bioabsorbable.