| 摘要 |
A suture made of bioabsorbable material is disclosed having a central body member with a plurality of lateral members extending perpendicularly therefrom and in the same general plane with the central body member, each lateral member having a plurality of barb members extending at an acute angle therefrom, allowing the lateral members to be inserted laterally into two sides of a cut in body tissue so that the two sides are joined at an incision junction at the central body member and are retained securely and non-withdrawably in the body tissue by the barb members on such lateral members. Also disclosed is a method for utilizing the suture of this invention.
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