US 12,390,216 B2
Medical thread having polygonal cross-sectioned stopper on one end, and manufacturing method for same
Ho Sung Lee, Daejeon (KR); Dae Hui Ryu, Daejeon (KR); and Hye Sung Yoon, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMYANG HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/923,388
Filed by SAMYANG HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 24, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/003623
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/241868, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0063530 (KR), filed on May 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0190266 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61L 17/10 (2006.01); B29C 51/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/06166 (2013.01) [A61L 17/10 (2013.01); B29C 51/30 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical thread comprising: a body; and a stopper connected to one end of the body,
wherein the end of the body connected to the stopper has a circular cross section,
wherein the body is extended along the longitudinal direction,
wherein the stopper has a polygonal cross section at the part connected to the body,
wherein three or more of the distances from the center of gravity of the polygonal cross section of the stopper to each vertex of the stopper are 2 times to 15 times the radius of the circular cross section of the end of the body, and
wherein the penetration resistance of the stopper is 0.2 kgf or higher.