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US3791388A
US3791388A US00182792A US3791388DA US3791388A US 3791388 A US3791388 A US 3791388A US 00182792 A US00182792 A US 00182792A US 3791388D A US3791388D A US 3791388DA US 3791388 A US3791388 A US 3791388A
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  • Braided multifilament sutures have found wide use in surgery because of their excellent flexibility and good handling properties. Such braided sutures tie down smoothly to form a secure knot. However, reduction of potential tensile strength is inherent in braided sutures consisting of continuous multifilaments or stable yarns. This is due to the deflection of the filaments required by the braided configuration from the straight or parallel directions. Braided suture production, furthermore, is extremely slow due to mechanical limitations of braider machine design.
  • the sutures of the present invention have flexibility and handling characteristics approaching a braided suture and tie down easily to form a knot of greatly improved strength.
  • the knot strength of a braided suture is generaly only about 50 percent of the straight tensile strength, it is the knot strength that determines the actual retention of such a suture. It is an important advantage of the sutures of the present invention that they have a knot strength that is much greater than that of a braided suture of corresponding size.
  • the surgical sutures of the present invention are constructed with the central core of multifilament yarn that has been impregnated with an adhesive binder.
  • the core yarn is covered with a helical winding of multifilament yarn the composite structure is hot stretched whereby the binder secures the external winding to itself and the central core.
  • the central core of multifilament yarn no adhesive binder present
  • Nylon-covered Spandex yarns have been used to make elastomeric stretch yarns for bathing suits. Such filaments would not be suitable for suture use, however, as the surgeon would find it difficult to control the tension of an elastic suture which could cause stangulation and necrosis of the tissue being sutured.
  • the sutures of the present invention differ from the covered yarns of the prior art in that they are not elastic.
  • the core and helical winding are constructed of filaments having the same composition.
  • the covered sutures to be described are also characterized by a greatly improved knot strength.
  • the core yarn of the covered suture may be a multifilament of collagen, nylon, polyester, polypropylene, silk or cotton which is non-conductive electrically.
  • Preferred polyesters for the manufacture of absorbable covered sutures are the homopolymers and copolymers of glycolide.
  • the cover yarn may be a ribbon-like multifilament of collagen, nylon, polyester, polypropylene, slik or cotton.
  • the preferred yarns for the helical winding around the core are the homopolymers and copolymers of L() lactide and glycolide.
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a covered multifilament yarn
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional of a covered yarn on the Line 5-5 of FIG. 4.
  • the preferred method for preparing the flexible covered sutures of the present invention utilizes an H. H. ARNOLD Covering Machine (manufactured by H. H. Arnold, Rockland, Massachusetts) and illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.
  • the covering machine 10 is constructed with a hollow spindle 12 mounted for rotation on the bracket 14. WThe hollow spindle is keyed to a spool platform 16, the lower end of which is constructed with a pulley 18. A belt 19 serves to drive the pulley rotating the spool platform and the hollow spindle.
  • the cover yarn is supplied from a spool 20 having a transverse central bore 21 to receive the hollow spindle.
  • the spool rests upon the platform 16.
  • Aprojection 22 extending upwardly from the spool platform engages a recess 24 in the bottom flange 25 of the spool.
  • a circular cover plate 26 the diameter of which is approximately the diameter of the spool, is provided with a concentric cylinder 28 extending above and below the cover plate when the machine is assembled. As shown in FIG. 2, the lower portion of this cylinder extends below the cover plate into the central bore of the spool an'cT'the hollow spindle iif'Pfoje c'titiiori'the lower surface of the cover plate engages a recess in the upper flange of the spool.
  • a flyer 34 rotates freely about the cylinder 28 and is supported on a bearing surface 35 which extends above the cover plate 26.
  • the tension that is applied by the flyer to the cover yarn during rotation is controlled by weights 36 which may be slipped over the cylinder 28.
  • a guide 38 is secured at the top of the cylinder 28 with a set screw 40.
  • a core yarn 41 that is to be covered is fed from a supply spool (not shown) to a feed star wheel 42 from which it passes upwardly through the hollow spindle 12, and cylinder 28 to the take-up star wheel 44.
  • the core yarn is wrapped once around the feed and take-up star wheels to be sure that the core yarn is held under tension while the cover yarn is wound on in the cover zone (between the feed and take-up star wheels).
  • the spool with its cover plate cylinder and guide are rotated at a rate that is determined by the speed of the pulley, that drives the spool platform, and hollow spindle.
  • the amount of cover yarn 43 that is wound on the core yarn is determined by the rate at which the core passes through the cover zone.
  • the machine is preferably operated so that the takeup start wheel is rotating about 2 percent faster than the feed star wheel to keep the core yarn under tension.
  • the flyer is loadee with a number of flyger weights (short of breaking the cover yarn) to provide high tension on the cover yarn. Under these conditions of operation, the machine produces a compact structure of good intrinsic strength.
  • the core yarn is ply twisted prior to applying the cover yarn 43.
  • the covered yarn from the take-up star wheel 44 is wound onto a spool 45 and may be stored pending subsequent treatment with an acceptable resin, wax or other suitable finish that may be applied to prevent unraveling, improve abrasion resistance, and tie down characteristics.
  • the covered yarn may be passed directly into a finishing bath after it leaves the covering machine.
  • the core yarn has not been coated with a resin binder before the helical cover yarn is applied thereto, it is necessary to treat the covered yarn with a resin or wax or other suitable finish to prevent unraveling and improve abrasion resistance. This may be done by passing the covered suture directly into a solution of the desired treating resin and then passing the coated yarn through a drying oven for removal of solvent as is well known in the textile art.
  • EXAMPLE l Size 3/0 Polyester Coverred Suture A Size 3/0 covered polyester suture is prepared on the apparatus illustrated in FIGS. 1-3.
  • the suture is constructed using a core having 2 ends of 220 denier, 50 filament polyester yarn plied together without twist. This yarn is a bright, high-tenacity multifilament that has been entangled for non-twist cohesion (Rotoset Industrial DACRON Type 2 available from E. l. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Wilminton, Delaware).
  • the core yarn prior to covering is coated with an adhesive binder by passing it through a solution containing seven parts of a linear saturated polyester polymer melting at about 280F. (sold by the Industrial Chemicals Division, Eastman Chemical Products, Inc., Kingsport, Tennessee under the trade-name XFA-l); and 93 parts of methylene chloride.
  • the core yarn is passed-through a steel die to wipe off excess coating and form a smooth surface.
  • the opening of this die is 18 mils. in diameter and the exit of the die is 12 mils. in diameter.
  • the core yarn is next dried at room temperature in a counter-current of air, and collected on a drum.
  • the coating thus applied to the core yarn amounts to 6.3 per cent of the weight of the uncoated core yarn.
  • the spool 20 of the covering machine is loaded with a 40 denier, 27 filament, bright, normal-tenacity yarn (Rotoset industrial DACRON Type 56 available from the E. l. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware).
  • the flyer (E16) is loaded with five weights (total weights 50 grams) and the covering machine is operated with a spindle speed of 10,000 r.p.m. to obtain turns per inch of the cover yarn (S twist direction).
  • the resin binder in the core of the covered yarn is activated by hot stretching the covered suture 2 per cent between two godets.
  • the take-up godet has a diameter of 6 As inches and is at a temperature of 430F.
  • the covered suture is wrapped around this heated godet 15 times; the dwell time on the godet at 430F. is approximately 15 seconds.
  • the covered suture is cooled to room temperature under minimal tension, collected on a drum, cut to the proper length and sterilizeed with Cobalt 60 irradiation.
  • the physical properties of the sterile covered sutures so obtained are compared with those of a braided suture of the same size in Table I.
  • the covered polyester suture so obtained has a knot strength more than 25 per cent greater than that of a braided polyester suture of the same size.
  • EXAMPLE H Size 2 Polyester Covered Suture A Size 2 covered polyester suture is prepared on the apparatus illustrated in FIGS. 13. The suture is constructed using a core having nine ends of 220 denier, 50 filament polyester yarn plied together without twist. This yarn is a bright, high'tenacity multifilament that has been entangled for non-twist cohesion (Rotoset Industrial DACRON Type 52 available from E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware).
  • the spool 20 of the covering machine is loaded with a 70 denier, 34 filament, bright, normal-tenacity, yarn (Rotoset industrial DACRON Type 56 available from E. I. Du-Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware).
  • the flyer (E20) is loaded with six weights (total weights 60 grams) and the covering machine is operated with a spindle speed of 8,500 r.p.m. to obtain 65 turns perinch of the cover yarn (Z twist direction).
  • the covered yarn is next coated by passing it through a solution containing 14.25 parts of a linear saturated polyester polymer (sold by the Good Year Tire & Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, under the trade-name VITEL PE-207); and 0.75 parts of a modified isocyanate curing agent (sold by E. l. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware under the tradename RC-805); dissolved in parts of methyl ethyl ketone.
  • the covered suture is passed through a nine-foot horizontal drying tube (approximate dwell time 45 seconds). The suture is dried in the tube by a counter-current of warm air. The air atthe entry of the drying tube is 197C.
  • the covered suture After leaving the drying tube, the covered suture is cooled to room temperature under minimal tension and then collected on a drum, cut to the proper length and sterilized with Cobalt 60 irradiation.
  • the physical properties of the sterile covered sutures so obtained are compared with those of a braided suture of the same size in Table 11.
  • Intrinsic knot pull p.s.i. 54,500 38,900
  • the coated covered polyester suture so obtained has a knot strength more than 30 percent greater than that of a braided polyester suture of the same size.
  • EXAMPLE lII Nylon Covered Suture A Size 4/0 covered nylon suture is prepared from a core yarn of 210 denier, 34 filament, Type 380 mylon with 0.7 turns per inch of S twist (available from E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware). Six turns per inch Z twist was inserted into this core yarn prior to covering.
  • the spool 20 of the cover machine is loaded with a single covering yarn of 30 denier, 26 filament, 0.5 turns per inch Z twist (Type 280 semi-dull normal-tenacity nylon available from E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware).
  • the flyer (E17) is weighted with 1 weight (5 grams) and the spool and spindle are rotated at 10,000 r.p.m. while the core yarn is taken up by the star wheel at a linear rate that produces a suture having 85 turns per inch of cover yarn (Z twist direction).
  • Skeins of the covered suture so obtained are dyed by immersing the skein in an aqueous bath containing0.3 parts D & C Green No.5 dye dissolved in 600 parts of glacial acetic acid and 5,400 parts water.
  • the temperature of the bath is 2 12F. and the dwell time in the bath is 20 minutes.
  • the dried skein is next rinsed in cold water and allowed to air dry.
  • the suture is next coated by passing it at room temperature through a solution of 17.5 parts nylon 6 (available from Allied Chemical Plastics Division, Morristown, New Jersey as PLASKON 8202) dissolved in 82.5 parts of trifluoroethanol.
  • the covered suture as it emerges from the coating solution passes through a steel die (entrance 0.012 inch, exit 0.006 inch) and travels under tension through a four-foot vertical drying tube.
  • the approximate dwell time within the drying tube is about 1 1 seconds.
  • the temperature at the bottom ofthe tube is about 75C. and the temperature at the top of the tube is about 130C.
  • the weight of the coating resin applied in this step amounts to 14 per cent of the weight of the covered suture prior to coating.
  • the finished suture is collected and sterilized as described in Example 1 above.
  • the physical properties of the sterile covered suture obtained are compared with those of a braided suture of the same size in Table III.
  • the coated covered nylon suture has a knot strength that is about 78 per cent of its straight tensile strength.
  • a braided nylon suture has a knot strength that is about 64 per cent of its straight tensile strength.
  • a size l/O covered nylon suture is prepared using a core having three ends of 260 denier, l7 filament, bright, high-tenacity, Type 380 (available from E. 1. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware) nylon with one turn per inch of Z twist.
  • the three core yarns are plied together with six turns per inch Z twist.
  • the spool 20 of the covering machine is loaded with a single covering yarn of denier, 34 filament, 0.5 turns per inch S twist, Type 380 nylon.
  • the flyer (B20) is weighted with five weights (50 grams) and the spool and spindle are rotated at 10,000 r.p.m. while the core yarn is taken up by the star wheel at a linear rate that produces a covered suture hav ing 45 turns per inch of covered yarn (Z twist direction).
  • the covered suture is next coated by passing it at room temperature through a solution of 17.3 parts nylon 6 (available from Allied Chemical Company Plastics Division, Morristown, New Herset as OKASJIB b 8202) dissolved in 82.7 parts of trifluoroethanol.
  • the covered suture as it emerges from the coating solution passes through a steel die (entrance 0.030 inch, ext 0.018 inch) and travels under tension through a fourfoot verticle drying tube.
  • the approxmate dwell time within the drying tube is about 1 1 seconds.
  • the temperature at the bottom of the tube is about C. and the temperature at the top of the tube is about C.
  • the weight of the coating resin applied in this step amounts to 11.2 per cent of the weight of the covered suture prior to coating.
  • the finished suture is collected and sterilized as described in Example I above.
  • the physical properties of the sterile covered suture obtained are compared with those of a braided suture of the same size in Table IV.
  • the coated covered nylon suture has a knot strength that is about 83 percent of its straight tensil strength.
  • a braided nylon suture has a knot strength that is about 65 per cent of its straight tensile strength.
  • the tie down characteristics of this suture may be improved by applying a surface coating of tetrafluoroethylene as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,527,650.
  • EXAMPLE V Size 2/0, 65/35 L() Lactide/Glycolide Covered Suture A Size 2/0 absorbable covered suture is prepared from a copolymer of 65 mol per cent L() lactide, 35 mol per cent glycolide utilizing the apparatus illustrated in FIGS. 1-3. The production of a copolymer from 65 mol per cent L() lactide and 35 mol per cent glycolide suitable for use in this example is described in Example XVIII of US. Application Ser. No. 36,797, filed May 13, 1970. The suture is constructed using a EbiEhfii/idg? 'iidsbrihtseapbiymer951166 denier, 34 filament copolymer multifilament having six turns per inch), plied together without twist.
  • the covering yarn is one end of 66 denier, 34 filament yarn of the copolymer composition described above having 36 turns per inch.
  • the flyer (E12) is weighted with three 5-gram weights (total weight l5 grams) and the covering ma chine is operated at a speed of 8,500 rpm. to cover the core yarn with a helical winding having 40 turns per inch (2 twist).
  • the covered suture is coated by passing it through a bath containing parts of poly DL lactide homopolymer dissolved in 90 parts of toluene and dried by passing the coated suture through a nine-foot horizontal drying tube.
  • the approximate dwell time of the suture within this tube is 40 seconds during which time the su ture is dried by a counter-current of air at room temperature.
  • the weight of the coating resin applied in this step amounts to 9.03 per cent of the weight of the cov ered suture prior to coating.
  • the finished suture is collected on a drum, annealed at 65C. for three days, and sterilized as described in Example l above.
  • the physical properties of the sterile covered suture obtained are compared with those of a braided suture of the same size and composition in Table V.
  • EXAMPLE VI Size 2/0 Polyglycolide Covered Suture In accordance with the procedure described in Example V above, a Size 2/0 absorbable suture is preered suture is coated by pasgng it through a solution of 10 parts of poly dl lactide homopolymer in parts of toluene and dried, annealed, and sterilized as described in Example V above. The finished suture has excellent flexibility and knot strength.
  • the products of the invention are useful in surgery for suturing. If so desired, they may be treated with lubricants or other surface coating resins as described in US. Pat. No. 3,527,650 to improve tie down characteristics.
  • the proportions of L() lactide and glycolide in the polymer composition may be modified to obtain the esired in vivo absorption characteristics.
  • the rate of absorption and tensile strength retention of such absorbable covered sutures may also be controlled by varying the copolymer composition of the binder resin that secures the external winding to itself and to the entral core.
  • a stefile siiigical suture constructed with an internal non-conductivemultifilament core yarn that is covered by a ribbon-like helical winding of an external multifilament cover yarn; the adjacent edges of said external multifilament yarn being secured to each other and to the central core yarn by means of a binder composition; defining a suture having an intrinsic knot pull strength that is at least 65 percent of the intrinsic straight pull strength of the suture.
  • suture of claim 1 wherein said suture, when bent into the shape of a knot, has a strength of not less than 65 percent of the tensile strength of said suture.

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