Described herein are systems and methods for securing sutures that obviate the need for tying knots. Instead of tying two ends of a suture or two sutures together with a knot, two or more suture portions can be fused or cauterized together using heat. A device can be applied to adjacent suture portions that heats the suture portions and causes the suture portions to fuse together, effectively securing the suture portions together without a knot.
申请公布号
WO2014100545(A1)
申请公布日期
2014.06.26
申请号
WO2013US76825
申请日期
2013.12.20
申请人
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
发明人
MIRAKI, MANOUCHEHR, A.;DANG, KEVIN;KWON, YOON, H.;BILLER, WILLIAM