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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2018 Feb 2;71:43–51. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.01.022

Fig. 4. Device Application Variables.

Fig. 4

A basic schematic of four stitch patterns: the running-x stitch pattern (RUN), the locking-x stitch pattern (XLOC), the continuous stitch pattern (CON), and the linear parallel stitch pattern (LIN). The numbered points represent the order in which the suture needle enters and exits the tissue. Dashed lines represent suture lying below fascia; solid lines represent suture lying above fascia. A ‘throw’ is a repetition of a complete the stitch pattern.