Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc.

Novartis Ag

Ceterix Orthpaedics, Inc.

Victoria C Quitugua

Mark Y Hirotsuka

Michael Murillo

Christopher P Bender

Stephen J Peter

Sarah-Marie Chan

Jennifer B Fasman

Michael J Hendricksen

Justin D Saliman

Yoav Ben-Haim

Mark Glusker

Nifer B Goldman

Sutures with pre-tied knots for use in percutaneous surgical procedures and devices for easily and quickly tying complex suture knots are disclosed.

Pre-tied surgical knots for use with suture passers

Devices for easily and quickly tying complex suture knots are disclosed. The knot tying accessories described herein provide a means for introducing a complex knot pattern into a bight of suture using a device body and a guide thread. The device body includes system for maintaining the guide thread and suture in a convoluted pathway, either with the use of channels, protrusions, or a combination of both within its interior, on its exterior, or both. The guide thread may include a coupler at one end for holding a suture end while the guide thread leads the suture through the convoluted path defined within the guide body. Pull tabs may also be included to aid with exchanging the guide thread for the suture ends.

Knot tying accessory

Embodiments of an inhaler device include a housing, a withdrawing assembly disposed within the housing for facilitating withdrawal of medicament from a target blister of a blister strip, the withdrawing assembly including an opening element adapted for opening the target blister of the blister strip while the target blister is positioned in the withdrawing assembly, and a dispensing element adapted for directing the withdrawn medicament toward the exterior of the inhaler device. A blister track is disposed within the housing for guiding each blister of the blister strip to the withdrawing assembly in succession, an advancing mechanism for advancing the blister strip by a predetermined distance each time the advancing mechanism is engaged, and an engaging element for engaging the advancing mechanism to advance the blister strip. The blister track includes a primary coil structure, a secondary coil structure, and a tertiary coil structure.

Blister track inhaler device having a separate end path and methods of use thereof

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Victoria C Quitugua