MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517056963 A) filed by Cilag Gmbh International, Zug, Switzerland, on June 13, for 'barbed suture with removable sheath.'

Inventor(s) include Nawrocki, Jesse G.; Tannhauser, Robert J.; and Kriksunov, Leo.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A single-armed suture assembly includes a needle, a flexible suture, and a flexible sheath. The flexible suture is coupled with the needle. The flexible suture includes first and second portions. The first portion includes a plurality of first barbs having first tips extending away from the longit...