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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Biomet Sports Medicine, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Walters, Warsaw, IN (US);
Joseph Whitley, Leesburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06061 (2013.01); A61B 17/06123 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus including a suture instrument including a handle and a post extending from the handle, the handle including a cavity; a cover slidably attached to the handle to cover the cavity; a post extending upward from a bottom surface of the cavity; and a suture spool removably positioned over the post; wherein the post includes a force member configured to provide upward force on the spool when the cover is slid off of the spool.