Surgical suture material with barbs cut into it in the undrawn state

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PATENT NO 8936619
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13128047

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A drawn surgical suture material includes an elongate main body and barbs for anchoring in biological tissues, wherein the barbs are formed by cuts made into the suture material in the undrawn state.

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AESCULAP AGAM AESCULAP-PLATZ TUTTLINGEN 78532
ITV DENKENDORF PRODUKTSERVICE GMBH73770 DENKENDORF

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Berndt, Ingo Tuttlingen, DE 12 206
König, Silke Rottweil, DE 7 70
Müller, Erhard Stuttgart, DE 18 110
Oberhoffner, Sven Weinstadt-Endersbach, DE 12 162
Odermatt, Erich Schaffhausen, CH 40 462
Planck, Heinrich Nürtingen, DE 37 1611

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