US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Dec. 2 for "Barbed sutures having contoured barbs that facilitate passage through tissue and increase holding strength" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,896, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Barbed sutures having contoured barbs that facilitate passage through tissue and increase holding strength" was invented by Jesse G. Nawrocki (Annandale, N.J.), Jason T. Perkins (Easton, Pa.) and David C. Lindh Sr. (Flemington, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wound closure device includes a filamentary element having a proximal end and a distal end, and a plurality of barbs extending outwardly from the filamentary element. Each barb has a base connected with the filamentary element, a tip spaced from the base, and an outer edge that extends betw...