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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
M. Mary Sinnott, Logan, UT (US);
T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, UT (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0491 (2013.01); A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/0483 (2013.01); A61B 17/06004 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0496 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06042 (2013.01); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02);
Abstract
Instruments and techniques to pass a suture are presented. The instruments and techniques are particularly useful where access to confined spaces and the ability to pass a suture through difficult to penetrate materials are needed. The instruments and techniques are particularly useful in surgery of the hands and feet.