Paragraph Number

61

The terms “suture” and/or “suture strand” are used herein to mean any strand or flexible member, natural or synthetic, able to joint tissue of a patient and/or to be anchored in a bone tunnel or to hard tissue and useful in a surgical procedure. In certain embodiments, “suture” and/or “suture strand” refers to a flexible line or flexible member of natural material, natural biological material, biomaterial, biomimetic materials, manmade material, or a combination of these either in a single structure, a composite structure, or a plurality of tissue structures that extend in parallel and/or may be woven or bonded together. In certain embodiments, a suture may be long and thin. In certain embodiments, a suture may be planar or may be elastic or inelastic. Examples of a suture include, but are not limited to, a thread, a suture, suture tape, a woven structure, a fibrous material, a cord, and/or any of these in combination with each other, and the like.

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