Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Advance suture passer
- Patent Title (中): 高级缝合路人
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Application No.: US14087920Application Date: 2013-11-22
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Publication No.: US09358001B2Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Wei Li Fan , Linh Nguyen , Jim Sullivan
- Applicant: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agency: Burns & Levinson LLP
- Agent Joseph M. Maraia
- Main IPC: A61B17/04
- IPC: A61B17/04 ; A61B17/06 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
A suture passer including a tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end and a central axis defined therethrough, in which the tubular member includes at least one lumen formed therein, an eyelet configured to receive a suture, a movable jaw formed on the distal end of the tubular member configured to move between an open position and a closed position, in which the movable jaw includes a plurality of portions, and an actuator configured to be received within the at least one lumen of the tubular member, in which the actuator is configured to move along the central axis of the tubular member between a first position and a second position, in which, in the first position, the movable jaw is in the closed position, and in which, in the second position, the movable jaw is in the open position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140088617A1 ADVANCE SUTURE PASSER Public/Granted day:2014-03-27
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