Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatically reloading suture passer devices and methods
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Application No.: US16694012Application Date: 2019-11-25
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Publication No.: US11766253B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Michael Murillo , Michael J. Hendricksen , Yoav Ben-Haim
- Applicant: CETERIX ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Fremont
- Assignee: Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Fremont
- Agent Norman F. Hainer, Jr.; Kate Ryland Tetzlaff
- The original application number of the division: US14572485 2014.12.16
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/062 ; A61B17/06 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B17/29 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
Suture passers and methods of use. Described herein are suture passers preloaded with suture, including cartridges that couple to a suture passer to form a loaded suture passer; the suture passer may be operated to pass one or more lengths of suture without having to be manually reloaded. In particular, described herein are preloaded and automatically reloading apparatuses typically.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200093479A1 AUTOMATICALLY RELOADING SUTURE PASSER DEVICES AND METHODS Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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