US 12,246,100 B2
Natural fibers having absorbable and hydrophobic properties for making surgical sutures and surgical meshes
Michel Gagner, Montréal (CA)
Assigned to Ballast Medical, Inc., Montreal (CA)
Filed by BALLAST MEDICAL INC., Montréal (CA)
Filed on May 6, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/656,580.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/585,317, filed on Sep. 26, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/511,043, filed on Jun. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0001039 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. A61L 17/06 (2006.01); A61L 17/00 (2006.01); A61L 17/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 17/06 (2013.01) [A61L 17/005 (2013.01); A61L 17/145 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multifilament suture for use as a surgical suture, the multifilament suture comprising:
a plurality of filaments combined together according to a twined pattern, at least one filament of the plurality of filaments comprising natural fibers, the natural fibers being both absorbable and hydrophobic at physiological conditions.