Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for suture removal
- Patent Title (中): 缝线去除的方法和装置
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Application No.: US14052501Application Date: 2013-10-11
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Publication No.: US09456818B2Publication Date: 2016-10-04
- Inventor: Paul Alexander Torrie
- 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

Abstract:
A method for manipulating a suture is provided. The method includes protracting a snare from a body of a suture manipulation device through an opening in the body. The snare includes, at a distal end, a hook. The method further includes ensnaring a portion of the suture passed through tissue with the snare and securing the portion of the suture. The method further still further includes retracting the hook into a slot located distally in the body to prevent the snare from retracting into the body through the opening in the body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140039530A1 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUTURE REMOVAL Public/Granted day:2014-02-06
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