Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for providing suture in a passageway
- Patent Title (中): 用于在通道中提供缝合线的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11799972Application Date: 2007-05-03
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Publication No.: US07955341B2Publication Date: 2011-06-07
- Inventor: Daniel Cerundolo
- Applicant: Daniel Cerundolo
- Applicant Address: US MA Weymouth
- Assignee: Arthroscopic Innovations LLC
- Current Assignee: Arthroscopic Innovations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Weymouth
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61F5/00 ; A61F2/00

Abstract:
A surgical apparatus may include a guide apparatus to be used in an arthroscopic procedure and to interact with a passageway through a body portion formed by intersecting first and second holes that may lead into the body portion from different positions, e.g., from two different locations on a bone. The guide apparatus may include first and second guide members having first and second passages, respectively, that communicate with the first and second holes. The surgical apparatus may also include a suture retriever arranged to retrieve, from the second passage, a suture fed into the first passage. A method may include forming a passageway including first and second intersecting holes. First and second guide tubes may be positioned relative to the first and second holes, a suture or suture-like material may be provided into the first guide tube, and the suture or suture-like material may be retrieved from the second guide tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070208356A1 Method and apparatus for providing suture in a passageway Public/Granted day:2007-09-06
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