2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/78822We study a certain type of braid closure which resembles the plat closure but has certain advantages; for example, it maps pure braids to knots. The main results of this note are a Markov-type theorem and a description of how Vassiliev invariants behave under this braid closure.8 pages, 9 figuresGeometric TopologyGroup Theory57M25; 20F36; 20F14text