Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suture trimmer
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Application No.: US10324730Application Date: 2002-12-19
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Publication No.: US07918867B2Publication Date: 2011-04-05
- Inventor: Michael Dana , T. Daniel Gross , Maurice Marthaler , Dawn Ma , Steven C. Anderson , Marc Terwilliger , Jim Swett , Mitchell B. Friedman
- Applicant: Michael Dana , T. Daniel Gross , Maurice Marthaler , Dawn Ma , Steven C. Anderson , Marc Terwilliger , Jim Swett , Mitchell B. Friedman
- Applicant Address: US IL Abbott Park
- Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
- Current Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Abbott Park
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/12
Abstract:
A suture trimmer having a shaft with a groove formed in the side thereof, a cutting member movably disposed within the shaft, and a suture retainer slidably disposed within the shaft. The suture trimmer may be used to position knots formed within a suture loop prior to trimming the free end(s) of the suture loop, and to deliver an agent near the location where the suture is severed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030181926A1 Suture trimmer Public/Granted day:2003-09-25
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