US 12,138,355 B2
Suture with tension indicator
Olesea Diaz-Chiosa, Naugatuck, CT (US)
Assigned to Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed by Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/399,323.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/123,598, filed on Dec. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0184270 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61L 17/10 (2006.01); A61L 17/14 (2006.01); C09C 1/48 (2006.01); C09K 11/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 17/145 (2013.01) [A61L 17/105 (2013.01); C09C 1/48 (2013.01); C09K 11/06 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0618 (2013.01); C09K 2211/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suture comprising:
an inner core having a first color and a Young's modulus from about 1 pound per square inch to about 5 pounds per square inch; and
a segmented outer layer fixed to and covering at least a portion of the inner core, the segmented outer layer having a second color which contrasts with the first color and segments which are in contact with each other when the suture is in a relaxed state, the segments separating from each other as a result of the suture being under tension.