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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
T.a.g. Medical Devices—agriculture Cooperative Ltd., Kibbutz Gaaton, IL;
T.A.G. Medical Devices—Agriculture Cooperative Ltd., Kibbutz Gaaton, IL;
Abstract
A medical implement for transport of a suture shuttle, comprising a handle including a proximal portion configured for manual gripping by a user, a distal portion, an internal passageway for a suture shuttle, extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the handle; an intermediate portion formed with a thumb depression facing a first direction; the proximal portion comprising a slot extending from the internal passageway to a lateral face of the handle for enabling side-loading of a suture shuttle into a proximal portion of the internal passageway, the slot facing a second direction; the slot extending longitudinally from a proximal end of the handle to an intersection with the thumb depression, wherein at the intersection the slot is exposed in the first direction, and a roller rotatably mounted at the thumb depression.