KR102469897B1 - Medical suture,and manufacturing method and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a medical suture, and manufacturing method and device therefor. The medical suture of the present invention includes: a flexible suture line part; a non-protrusion section part which is formed in the center of the suture line part, and has no protrusion; four-way protrusion parts which are formed on one side of the suture line part with respect to the non-protrusion section part, and protrude at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line part; and cross protrusion parts which are disposed on the other side of the suture line part with respect to the non-protrusion section part, and protrude at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line part.

Description

Medical suture, manufacturing method and device therefor

The present invention relates to a medical suture, a method for manufacturing the same, and an apparatus, and more specifically, to a medical suture that can be manufactured more easily, conveniently and inexpensively than before, and can hold a surgical site more stably than before, thereby reducing postoperative bleeding and It relates to a medical suture, a method for manufacturing the same, and an apparatus capable of minimizing pain and significantly shortening an operation time compared to the prior art.

When suturing a patient's fascia or skin incision, there is a demand for a procedure that minimizes bleeding and pain, shortens the procedure time, and does not leave scars after recovery due to the knot.

Conventional medical sutures have a single-sided surface and are knotted several times during the procedure of suturing or fixing the incised skin or fascia, so that the scars at the knotted area are exposed and the suture is single-sided to provide suturing There was a disadvantage that the recovery time of the sutured area was prolonged because the bearing capacity of the poem was weakened.

Currently known conventional sutures will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 .

1 is a structural diagram of a medical suture according to a conventional first embodiment. Referring to this figure, the conventional medical suture 1a according to the first embodiment has left projections 10 (10') (10") and right projections around the center of the outer surface of the suture M having a single surface. (20) (20') (20") form three protrusions (10) (10') (10") (20) (20') (20") at an angle of 120° so that they face each other, but in the central direction It is characterized in that the left and right projections 10, 10', 10", 20, 20', and 20" are continuously and repeatedly formed while maintaining an inclination of about 25-40 degrees.

2 is a structural diagram of a medical suture according to a second embodiment of the prior art. Referring to this figure, the conventional medical suture 1b according to the second embodiment is characterized in that a plurality of depressions 50 are formed on the side surface. These depressions 50 serve to improve mechanical stimulation and/or adhesion to skin tissue.

3 is a structural diagram of a medical suture according to a second embodiment of the prior art. Referring to this figure, the medical suture 1c according to the third embodiment is characterized in that a plurality of sheath-shaped notches 60 are formed on the side surface, and the notches 60 increase the number of areas caught. .

Medical sutures having various shapes and structures, including the medical sutures 1a to 1c of FIGS. 1 to 3 described above, have been developed, used, or are scheduled to be developed, but due to structural or functional limitations A new alternative is required in that it is somewhat insufficient to stably hold the treatment area.

Korean Intellectual Property Office Application No. 10-2013-0115537 Republic of Korea Intellectual Property Office Application No. 10-2016-0026342 Korean Intellectual Property Office Application No. 10-2017-0069636 Republic of Korea Intellectual Property Office Application No. 10-2020-0017434

An object of the present invention is to be able to manufacture more easily, conveniently and inexpensively than before, while minimizing post-operative bleeding and pain by holding the treatment site more stably than before, and significantly shortening the treatment time compared to the prior art. To provide a medical suture, a method for manufacturing the same, and an apparatus therefor.

The above object, a flexible suture line portion; a non-protrusion section formed in the center of the suture line part and having no protrusion; oblique protrusions formed on one side of the suture line part based on the non-protrusion section and protruding at equal intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line part; and crossing protrusions disposed on the other side of the suture line part based on the non-protrusion section and protruding at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line part.

The four-way protrusion may include a plurality of four-divided protruding wing parts that are formed to gradually expand in volume from one end to the other end along the length of the suture line part and are equally divided into four parts.

The crossing protrusion may include a pair of two-divided first protruding wings divided into two; and a pair of two-divided second protruding wings spaced apart from the two-divided first protruding wings along the longitudinal direction of the suture line portion and intersecting the two-divided first protruding wings.

The above object is to provide a flexible suture line portion, a non-protrusion section formed at the center of the suture line portion and having no protrusions, and a non-protrusion section formed at one side of the suture line portion based on the non-protrusion section, in the longitudinal direction of the suture line portion. For forming a medical suture having oblique protrusions protruding at equal intervals along the lengthwise direction of the suture line portion and cross protrusions disposed on the other side of the suture line portion based on the non-protrusion section and protruding at equal intervals along the length direction of the suture line portion. A raw material preparation step of preparing a predetermined raw material and accommodating it in a raw material hopper; A custom mold preparation step of preparing a custom mold having a molding groove for molding the medical suture; a raw material liquid phase heating step of heating the raw material into a liquid phase using a heater interacting with the raw material hopper; A liquid raw material supplying step of supplying the liquid raw material formed in the liquid phase by the heating of the heater to the molding groove of the customized mold through a predetermined raw material supply unit; a customized mold cooling step of cooling the customized mold supplied with a liquid raw material to a predetermined temperature and time using a predetermined cooler for forming the medical suture; and a medical suture mold taking out step of taking out the molded medical suture from the customized mold.

a medical suture surface treatment step of treating the surface of the medical suture taken out using a surface treatment machine; and a medical suture drying step of drying the surface-treated medical suture using a dryer.

The above object is to provide a flexible suture line portion, a non-protrusion section formed at the center of the suture line portion and having no protrusions, and a non-protrusion section formed at one side of the suture line portion based on the non-protrusion section, in the longitudinal direction of the suture line portion. To form a medical suture having oblique protrusions protruding at equal intervals along the lengthwise direction of the suture line portion and cross protrusions disposed on the other side of the suture line portion based on the non-protrusion section and protruding at equal intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line portion. a raw material hopper in which prepared raw materials are accommodated; a customized mold having a molding groove for molding the medical suture; a heater that interacts with the raw material hopper and heats the raw material into a liquid phase; a raw material supply unit supplying the liquid raw material formed in liquid form by the heating of the heater to the molding groove of the customized mold; a cooler for cooling the customized mold supplied with the liquid raw material to a predetermined temperature and time for forming the medical suture; a surface treatment machine for taking out the molded medical suture from the customized mold and then treating the surface of the medical suture; and a dryer for drying the surface-treated medical suture.

The device controller may further include an apparatus controller that automatically controls operations of the heater, the raw material supply unit, the cooler, the surface treatment unit, and the dryer through an organic mechanism so that the medical suture can be automatically manufactured using prepared raw materials.

According to the present invention, it is simpler than before, so it can be manufactured easily, conveniently and inexpensively, but it can hold the treatment site more stably than before, thereby minimizing postoperative bleeding and pain and significantly shortening the treatment time compared to the prior art. have.

1 to 3 are structural views of a medical suture according to the prior art.
4 is an actual product image of a medical suture according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5A is an enlarged structural view of area A of FIG. 4 .
FIG. 5B is an enlarged structural diagram of region B of FIG. 4 .
6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 5A.
FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram of a medical suture manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing the medical suture of FIG. 4 .
8 is a control block diagram of the medical suture manufacturing apparatus of FIG. 7 .
9 is a flow chart of a method for manufacturing a medical suture for manufacturing the medical suture of FIG. 4 .
10 is a structural view of the omnidirectional protrusions of the medical suture according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a structural view of the oblique projections of the medical suture according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a flowchart of a method for manufacturing a medical suture according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention.

However, since the description of the present invention is only an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described in the text.

For example, it should be understood that the embodiments may be changed in various ways and may have various forms, so that the scope of the present invention includes equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea.

In addition, the object or effect presented in the present invention does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all of them or only such effects, so the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited thereto.

In this specification, this embodiment is provided to complete the disclosure of the present invention, and to completely inform those skilled in the art of the scope of the invention to which the present invention belongs. And the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

Thus, in some embodiments, well-known components, well-known operations and well-known techniques have not been described in detail to avoid obscuring the interpretation of the present invention.

On the other hand, the meaning of the terms described in the present invention is not limited to the dictionary meaning, and should be understood as follows.

It should be understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” to another element, it may be directly connected to the other element, but other elements may exist in the middle. On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” to another element, it should be understood that no intervening elements exist. Meanwhile, other expressions describing the relationship between components, such as “between” and “immediately between” or “adjacent to” and “directly adjacent to” should be interpreted similarly.

Singular expressions should be understood to include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise, and terms such as “comprise” or “having” refer to a described feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or It should be understood that it is intended to indicate that a combination exists, and does not preclude the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless defined otherwise.

Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as consistent with meanings in the context of the related art, and cannot be interpreted as having ideal or excessively formal meanings unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the description of the embodiments, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and sometimes the description of the same reference numerals is omitted.

(First embodiment)

4 is an actual product image of a medical suture according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5A is an enlarged structural view of area A of FIG. 4, FIG. 5B is an enlarged structure view of area B of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a diagram. 5a is a cross-sectional view along line A-A, FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram of the medical suture manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing the medical suture of FIG. 4, FIG. 8 is a control block diagram of the medical suture manufacturing apparatus of FIG. 7, and FIG. It is a flow chart of a method for manufacturing a medical suture for manufacturing a medical suture.

Referring to these drawings, the present invention can be manufactured more easily, conveniently and inexpensively than before, and can hold the treatment site more stably than before, thereby minimizing post-operative bleeding and pain and significantly shortening the treatment time compared to the prior art. make it possible

The present invention capable of providing such an effect has the scope of its rights to the medical suture 100 as shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the medical suture manufacturing apparatus as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, and the medical suture manufacturing method as shown in FIG. can be applied

4 to 6, the medical suture 100 according to the present embodiment includes a flexible suture line portion 101 and a non-protrusion section formed in the center of the suture line portion 101 but having no protrusions ( 102), the oblique projections 103 disposed on one side of the suture line part 101 based on the fine projection section 102 and protruding at equal intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line part 101, and the fine projections Intersecting protrusions 105 disposed on the other side of the suture line portion 101 based on the section portion 102 and protruding at equal intervals along the length direction of the suture line portion 101 may be included. At this time, the structure of the four protrusions 103 and the crossing protrusions 105 are different from each other based on the non-protrusion section 102 .

The oblique protrusions 103 are formed to gradually expand in volume from one end to the other along the length direction of the suture line part 101, and include a plurality of quarter-divided protrusion wings 103a equally divided into four. do. The 4-division protruding wings 103a may have the same width over the entire area.

The crossing protrusion 105 is disposed spaced apart from the pair of two-divided first protruding wing parts 105a divided into two and the two-divided first protruding wing part 105a along the longitudinal direction of the suture line part 101. It may include a pair of two-divided second protruding wing parts 105b intersecting with the two-divided first protruding wing part 105a. Referring to FIG. 5B , although the two-divided first protruding wing portion 105a and the two-divided second protruding wing portion 105b are shown in different shapes, they have substantially the same shape. However, the divided first protruding wings 105a and the two divided second protruding wings 105b cross each other and are arranged to cross each other by 90 degrees.

As described above, the structural characteristics of the four-division protrusion wing 103a of the four-division protrusion 103, and the structure in which the two-division first protrusion wing portion 105a and the two-division second protrusion wing portion 105b cross each other Due to its unique characteristics, it has the advantage of being able to stably hold the treatment site more than any other suture.

As shown in FIG. 9, the medical suture manufacturing method for manufacturing such a medical suture 100 includes a raw material preparation step (S111), a customized mold preparation step (S112), a raw material liquid heating step (S113), and a liquid raw material supplying step. (S114), cooling the customized mold (S115), taking out the medical suture mold (S116), treating the surface of the medical suture (S117), and drying the medical suture (S118).

The raw material preparation step (S111) is for forming a medical suture 100 having a flexible suture line portion 101 and four protrusions 103 protruding at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line portion 101. This is a process of preparing predetermined raw materials and accommodating them in the raw material hopper 120 .

The custom mold preparation step (S112) is a process of preparing a custom mold 150 having a molding groove 151 for molding the medical suture 100.

The raw material liquid phase heating step (S113) is a process of heating the raw material into a liquid phase using the heater 130 interacting with the raw material hopper 120.

The liquid raw material supply step (S114) is a process of supplying the liquid raw material formed in liquid form by heating of the heater 130 to the molding groove 151 of the customized mold 150 through a predetermined raw material supply unit 140.

The customized mold cooling step (S115) is a process of cooling the customized mold 150 supplied with the liquid raw material to a predetermined temperature and time through a predetermined cooler 160 for forming the medical suture 100.

The step of taking out the medical suture mold (S116) is a process of taking out the molded medical suture 100 from the customized mold 150.

The medical suture surface treatment step (S117) is a process of treating the surface of the medical suture 100 taken out using the surface treatment machine 170.

The medical suture drying step (S118) is a process of drying the surface-treated medical suture 100 using the dryer 180.

Meanwhile, the medical suture manufacturing apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a material hopper 120, a customized mold 150, a heater 130, a raw material supply unit 140, a cooler 160, a surface treatment machine 170, and a dryer 180. ) may be included.

The raw material hopper 120 is prepared for molding of the medical suture 100 having a flexible suture line portion 101 and four protrusions 103 protruding at equal intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line portion 101. It forms a place where certain raw materials are accommodated.

The customized mold 150 is a mold having a molding groove 151 for molding the medical suture 100 . In order to take out the molded medical suture 100 from the inside, the customized mold 150 adopts a structure in which upper and lower molds can be separated.

The heater 130 interacts with the raw material hopper 120 and is a means for heating the raw material into a liquid phase. Preferably, the heater 130 may be installed in the discharge end area of the raw material hopper 120.

The raw material supply unit 140 is a means for supplying the liquid raw material formed in liquid form by heating of the heater 130 to the molding groove 151 of the customized mold 150.

The cooler 160 is a means for cooling the customized mold 150 supplied with the liquid raw material to a predetermined temperature and time for forming the medical suture 100 . As shown in the drawing, the cooler 160 may be provided in contact with the custom mold 150 .

The surface treatment machine 170 is a device that takes out the molded medical suture 100 from the customized mold 150 and then treats the surface of the medical suture 100 taken out. The surface treatment device 170 may be independently provided separately from the customized mold 150 .

The dryer 180 is a device for drying the surface-treated medical suture 100 . The dryer 180 may also be provided independently from the custom mold 150 and the surface treatment machine 170 .

Meanwhile, the medical suture manufacturing apparatus according to the present embodiment further includes a device controller 190 to control the device.

The device controller 190 operates the heater 130, the raw material supply unit 140, the cooler 160, the surface treatment machine 170, and the dryer 180 so that the medical suture 100 can be automatically manufactured using the prepared raw material. is automatically controlled by an organic mechanism.

The device controller 190 performing this role may include a central processing unit 191 (CPU), a memory 192 (MEMORY), and a support circuit 193 (SUPPORT CIRCUIT).

The central processing unit 191 includes a heater 130, a raw material supply unit 140, a cooler 160, a surface treatment machine 170, and a dryer so that the medical suture 100 can be automatically manufactured using raw materials prepared in this embodiment. It may be one of various computer processors that can be applied industrially to automatically control the operation of 180 with an organic mechanism.

The memory 192 (MEMORY) is connected to the central processing unit 191. Memory 192 is a computer-readable recording medium that can be installed locally or remotely, and is readily available, such as, for example, random access memory (RAM), ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, or any other form of digital storage. It may be at least one memory.

The support circuit 193 (SUPPORT CIRCUIT) is combined with the central processing unit 191 to support the typical operation of the processor. This support circuit 193 may include a cache, a power supply, a clock circuit, an input/output circuit, a subsystem, and the like.

In this embodiment, the device controller 190 includes a heater 130, a raw material supply unit 140, a cooler 160, a surface treatment machine 170, and a dryer ( 180) is automatically controlled by an organic mechanism, and such a series of control processes may be stored in the memory 192. Typically software routines may be stored in memory 192 . Software routines may also be stored or executed by other central processing units (not shown).

Although processes according to the present invention have been described as being executed by software routines, it is possible that at least some of the processes of the present invention are performed by hardware. As such, the processes of the present invention may be implemented in software running on a computer system, or in hardware such as an integrated circuit, or in a combination of software and hardware.

Hereinafter, a manufacturing process of the medical suture 100 will be sequentially described.

First, a predetermined raw material for forming a medical suture 100 having a flexible suture line portion 101 and four protrusions 103 protruding at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line portion 101 is prepared. Then, it is accommodated in the raw material hopper 120.

Next, a customized mold 150 having a molding groove 151 for molding the medical suture 100 is prepared. This process can be performed independently of the above process.

Next, after heating the raw material into a liquid phase by using the heater 130 interacting with the raw material hopper 120, the liquid raw material formed into a liquid phase by heating the heater 130 is customized through a predetermined raw material supply unit 140. It is supplied to the molding groove 151 of the mold 150.

Next, the customized mold 150 supplied with the liquid raw material is cooled to a predetermined temperature and time through a predetermined cooler 160 for forming the medical suture 100 .

Next, the molded medical suture 100 is taken out of the customized mold 150 .

Then, after treating the surface of the medical suture 100 taken out using the surface treatment machine 170, the surface-treated medical suture 100 is dried using the dryer 180.

According to the present embodiment, which works based on the structure as described above, it can be manufactured more easily, conveniently, and inexpensively than before, and can hold the treatment site more stably than before, thereby minimizing bleeding and pain after the procedure. The operation time can be significantly shortened compared to the prior art.

(Second embodiment)

10 is a structural view of the omnidirectional protrusions of the medical suture according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to this figure, the medical suture 200 according to the present embodiment also includes a flexible suture line portion 201 and oblique protrusions 203 protruding at equal intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line portion 201. can include

In addition, the four-division protruding portion 203 is also formed so that its volume gradually expands from one end to the other end along the length direction of the suture line portion 201, and a plurality of four-division protrusion wings 203a equally divided into four. ). At this time, the four-divided protruding wing parts 203a may have sharp ends toward the front end.

Due to the structural characteristics of the four-divided protrusion wings 203a of the oblique protrusions 203, there is an advantage in stably holding the treatment site more than any other conventional suture.

Even if this embodiment is applied, it can be manufactured easily, conveniently and inexpensively compared to the prior art, while holding the treatment site more stably than before, thereby minimizing post-operative bleeding and pain and significantly shortening the treatment time compared to the prior art.

(Third Embodiment)

11 is a structural view of the oblique projections of the medical suture according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to this figure, the medical suture 300 according to the present embodiment also includes a flexible suture line portion 301 and oblique protrusions 303 protruding at equal intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line portion 301. can include

In addition, the oblique protrusions 303 are also formed so that their volume gradually expands from one end to the other along the length direction of the suture line part 301, and a plurality of 4-division protrusion wing parts 303a equally divided into 4 parts. ). This is the same as the second embodiment.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, a plurality of dummy protrusions 303b are additionally formed to further protrude from the four protrusions 303 . The dummy protrusion 303b, together with the four-divided protrusion wings 303a, provides an effect of more stably holding the treatment site.

Even if this embodiment is applied, it can be manufactured easily, conveniently and inexpensively compared to the prior art, while holding the treatment site more stably than before, thereby minimizing post-operative bleeding and pain and significantly shortening the treatment time compared to the prior art.

(Fourth embodiment)

12 is a flowchart of a method for manufacturing a medical suture according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to this figure, the method for manufacturing a medical suture according to the present embodiment may include a yarn preparation step (S411), a yarn compression pressing step (S412), and a product inspection and finishing step (S413).

The yarn preparation step (S411) is a process of preparing a smooth yarn line having no 4-way protrusions 103 yet. Yarn lines may be purchased or may be produced by separate extrusion.

The yarn compression pressing step (S412) is a process of putting the prepared yarn line into a compression pressing machine and performing compression pressing. Through this process, products in the form of FIGS. 4 and 5A can be obtained.

The product inspection and finishing processing step (S413) is a process of inspecting the good and bad of the product, while releasing it as a product through surface treatment or finishing treatment, and packaging.

Even if this embodiment is applied, it can be manufactured easily, conveniently and inexpensively compared to the prior art, while holding the treatment site more stably than before, thereby minimizing post-operative bleeding and pain and significantly shortening the treatment time compared to the prior art.

As such, the present invention is not limited to the described embodiments, and it is obvious to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it should be said that such modifications or variations fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

100: medical suture 101: suture line part
102: non-protrusion section 103: all-round projection
105: cross protrusion 120: raw material hopper
130: heater 140: raw material supply unit
150: customized mold 151: molding groove
160: cooler 170: surface treatment machine
180: dryer 190: device controller

Claims (7)

a flexible suture line portion;
a non-protrusion section formed in the center of the suture line part and having no protrusion;
oblique protrusions formed on one side of the suture line part based on the non-protrusion section and protruding at equal intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line part; and
Cross protrusions formed on the other side of the suture line part based on the non-protrusion section and protruding at equal intervals along the length direction of the suture line part;
The cross protrusion,
a pair of two-divided first protruding wings; and
a pair of two-divided second protruding wings spaced apart from the two-divided first protruding wings along the longitudinal direction of the suture line portion and intersecting with the two-divided first protruding wings; medical suture.
According to claim 1,
The medical suture according to claim 1 , wherein the oblique protrusions include a plurality of four-divided protruding wing parts which are formed to gradually expand in volume from one end to the other end along the longitudinal direction of the suture line part and are equally divided into four parts.
delete A flexible suture line part, a non-protrusion section formed at the center of the suture line part and having no protrusions, and a non-protrusion section formed on one side of the suture line part based on the non-protrusion section, at equal intervals along the length direction of the suture line part. A predetermined raw material for molding a medical suture having protruding four-way protrusions and crossing protrusions disposed on the other side of the suture line part with respect to the non-protrusion section and protruding at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line part. A raw material preparation step of preparing and receiving raw materials in a hopper;
A custom mold preparation step of preparing a custom mold having a molding groove for molding the medical suture;
a raw material liquid phase heating step of heating the raw material into a liquid phase using a heater interacting with the raw material hopper;
A liquid raw material supplying step of supplying the liquid raw material formed in the liquid phase by the heating of the heater to the molding groove of the customized mold through a predetermined raw material supply unit;
a customized mold cooling step of cooling the customized mold supplied with a liquid raw material to a predetermined temperature and time using a predetermined cooler for forming the medical suture; and
A medical suture mold taking out step of taking out the molded medical suture from the customized mold;
The cross protrusion,
A pair of two-divided first protruding wings divided into two; and
A pair of two-divided second protruding wings spaced apart from the two-divided first protruding wings along the longitudinal direction of the suture line portion and intersecting the two-divided first protruding wings. Manufacturing method of medical suture.
According to claim 4,
a medical suture surface treatment step of treating the surface of the medical suture taken out using a surface treatment machine; and
The medical suture manufacturing method further comprising a medical suture drying step of drying the surface-treated medical suture using a dryer.
A medical suture manufactured by the method of claim 4.
A flexible suture line part, a non-protrusion section formed at the center of the suture line part and having no protrusions, and a non-protrusion section formed on one side of the suture line part based on the non-protrusion section, at equal intervals along the length direction of the suture line part. Predetermined raw material prepared for forming a medical suture having protruding four-way protrusions and intersecting protrusions disposed on the other side of the suture line part based on the non-protrusion section and protruding at regular intervals along the longitudinal direction of the suture line part. A raw material hopper in which is accommodated;
a customized mold having a molding groove for molding the medical suture;
a heater that interacts with the raw material hopper and heats the raw material into a liquid phase;
a raw material supply unit supplying the liquid raw material formed in liquid form by the heating of the heater to the molding groove of the customized mold;
a cooler for cooling the customized mold supplied with the liquid raw material to a predetermined temperature and time for forming the medical suture;
a surface treatment machine for taking out the molded medical suture from the customized mold and then treating the surface of the medical suture; and
Including; dryer for drying the surface-treated medical suture,
The cross protrusion,
A pair of two-divided first protruding wings divided into two; and
a pair of two-divided second protruding wings spaced apart from the two-divided first protruding wings along the longitudinal direction of the suture line portion and intersecting with the two-divided first protruding wings; Medical suture manufacturing device.

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