US 12,012,678 B2
Cartridges with first and second channels for guiding barbed sutures having end effectors into braiding machines
Victoria Dalessandro, Scotch Plains, NJ (US); Jason T. Perkins, Easton, PA (US); Glenn R. Cook, Clinton, NJ (US); Sean Biddulph, South Plainfield, NJ (US); and Robert C. Scogna, Rocky Hill, NJ (US)
Assigned to Ethicon, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US)
Filed by Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/336,680.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/039,649, filed on Jun. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386421 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. D04C 3/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); D04C 1/12 (2006.01); D04C 3/48 (2006.01)
CPC D04C 3/12 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/06128 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); D04C 1/12 (2013.01); D04C 3/48 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for guiding a suture into a braider comprising:
a body having a proximal end, a distal end, and an axis that extends from the proximal end to the distal end;
a first channel extending along the axis of said body and having a first distal opening at the distal end of said body, wherein said first channel has a first cross-sectional area;
a second channel extending along the axis of said body and having a second distal opening at the distal end of said body, wherein said second channel has a second cross-sectional area that is larger than the first cross-sectional area of said first channel; and
a slot extending along the axis of said body and having a distal slot opening at the distal end of said body, wherein said slot interconnects said first and second channels.