LIGATING STRUCTURE HAVING GREATER STRETCHABILITY, GREATER SHELF LIFE, AND GREATER LIGATING CHARACTERISTICS

• Main Author: MEARS, ERIC, L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.10.2006
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

A ligating band is formed so as to have a pre-stress compression along its inner periphery and a pre-stress tension along its outer periphery at a free state, wherein all the material of the band is at a substantially equal tension when the band is subject to full circumferential expansion. In a fre...