US PATENT SUBCLASS 606 / 227
.~.~.~ Pull out or frangible

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1  DF  INSTRUMENTS {42}
222  DF  .~ Suturing needle {2}
224  DF  .~.~ Filament attachment {3}
227.~.~.~ Pull out or frangible

DEFINITION

Classification: 606/227

Pull out or frangible:

(under subclass 224) Subject matter wherein the suture is affixed to, but is readily separable from the needle upon application of a prescribed tensile force whereby: (1) the tension upon the suture causes the suture to be dislodged from the holding portion of the needle; or (2) the tension upon the suture causes a weakened or reduced cross-sectional area of the suture, adjacent to the holding portion of the needle, to break so that the majority of the suture filament becomes disassociated from the needle.