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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2019
Applicant:
Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Murillo, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stephen J. Peter, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
CETERIX ORTHOPAEDICS, INC., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0483 (2013.01); A61B 17/06004 (2013.01); A61B 17/06109 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06042 (2013.01);
Abstract
Suture passer devices and methods of using the devices having one or more protective interlocks preventing or limiting operation of the suture passer when deployment of the needle may damage the apparatus or harm the patient. For example, described herein are suture passer devices that include an interlock preventing deployment of the tissue penetrator (needle) when the jaws are not clamped onto a tissue. Also described herein are interlocks preventing retraction of a jaw axially until the needle is retracted.