|
| US5041127 | 27 feb 1989 | 20 aug 1991 | | Offset point surgical needle |
| US7056331 | 30 sep 2002 | 6 jun 2006 | Quill Medical, Inc. | Suture method |
| US7225512 | 29 aug 2002 | 5 jun 2007 | Quill Medical, Inc. | Method of forming barbs on a suture and apparatus for performing same |
| US7226468 | 21 apr 2003 | 5 jun 2007 | Quill Medical, Inc. | Barbed bodily tissue connector |
| US7371253 | 9 aug 2004 | 13 maj 2008 | Quill Medical, Inc. | Suture anchor and method |
| US7624487 | 13 maj 2003 | 1 dec 2009 | | Apparatus and method for forming barbs on a suture |
| US7806908 | 2 jan 2008 | 5 okt 2010 | | Barbed tissue connector |
| US7857829 | 11 maj 2007 | 28 dec 2010 | | Suture method |
| US7913365 | 27 mar 2007 | 29 mar 2011 | | Method of forming barbs on a suture and apparatus for performing same |
| US7996967 | 4 aug 2010 | 16 aug 2011 | | System for variable-angle cutting of a suture to create tissue retainers of a desired shape and size |
| US7996968 | 4 aug 2010 | 16 aug 2011 | | Automated method for cutting tissue retainers on a suture |
| US8011072 | 4 aug 2010 | 6 sep 2011 | | Method for variable-angle cutting of a suture to create tissue retainers of a desired shape and size |
| US8015678 | 4 aug 2010 | 13 sep 2011 | Quill Medical, Inc. | Method for cutting a suture to create tissue retainers of a desired shape and size |
| US8020263 | 4 aug 2010 | 20 sep 2011 | | Automated system for cutting tissue retainers on a suture |
| US8028387 | 4 aug 2010 | 4 okt 2011 | | System for supporting and cutting suture thread to create tissue retainers thereon |
| US8028388 | 4 aug 2010 | 4 okt 2011 | | System for cutting a suture to create tissue retainers of a desired shape and size |
| US8032996 | 13 maj 2004 | 11 okt 2011 | | Apparatus for forming barbs on a suture |
| US8083770 | 13 maj 2008 | 27 dec 2011 | | Suture anchor and method |
| US8100940 | 30 sep 2002 | 24 jan 2012 | | Barb configurations for barbed sutures |
| US8118834 | 19 dec 2008 | 21 feb 2012 | Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Composite self-retaining sutures and method |
| US8216273 | 25 feb 2009 | 10 jul 2012 | Ethicon, Inc. | Self-retainers with supporting structures on a suture |
