(under subclass 224) Subject matter wherein the means for adfixing the suture is either a means which permits the suture to be (1) passed through a loop or eye in the needle and knotted thereon; or (2) attached through a loop or bight which is held by a curved, bent means which engages said loop or; (3) to be pushed, crowded or forced into a limited space; or (4) to be held or seized firmly in the unpointed end of the needle by a resilient means.
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226, for sutures which are affixed to a needle by metal deformation such as swaging.
