US 12,082,805 B2
Bi-directional barbed suture with tailored suture segments
Jason T. Perkins, Somerville, NJ (US); Jason Huff, Collingswood, NJ (US); and John A. Killion, Somerville, NJ (US)
Assigned to Ethicon, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US)
Filed by CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL, Zug (CH)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/552,590.
Application 17/552,590 is a continuation of application No. 16/455,952, filed on Jun. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,224,419.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104811 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/06166 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/06057 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06176 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0619 (2013.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wound closure device, the wound closure device comprising:
a first suture segment having a first suture configuration, wherein the first suture segment has a first proximal end and a first distal end, the first distal end having a first stop element integrally formed therefrom;
a second suture segment having a second suture configuration, the second suture segment being separate and independent from the first suture segment, wherein the second suture segment has a second proximal end and a second distal end, the second distal end having a second stop element integrally formed therefrom; and
a connecting section configured to provide a transition from the first suture segment to the second suture segment, wherein the connecting section comprising at least a portion of the first stop element laminated to at least a portion of the second stop element.