Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suture passing surgical instrument
- Patent Title (中): 缝合通过手术器械
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Application No.: US11165163Application Date: 2005-06-24
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Publication No.: US08690898B2Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Laird L. Hatch , James J. Sullivan
- Applicant: Laird L. Hatch , James J. Sullivan
- Applicant Address: US MA Andover
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Andover
- Agency: Pierce Atwood LLP
- Agent Joseph M. Maraia
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/06 ; A61B17/28

Abstract:
A surgical instrument includes first and second members configured to receive tissue therebetween. The first member is adapted to receive suture, the second member is coupled to the first member, and a grasper coupled to the second member engages the suture received by the first member. A method of passing suture includes loading suture into a first member of a suture passing surgical instrument, stabilizing tissue between the first member and a second member of the surgical instrument, passing suture through tissue via the first member of the surgical instrument, holding the passed suture via a suture grasper of the surgical instrument, and removing the first member from the tissue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050234479A1 Suture passing surgical instrument Public/Granted day:2005-10-20
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