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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Cannuflow, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Inventor:
Theodore R. Kucklick, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cannuflow, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/46 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0479 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3488 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0291 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible portal cannula for use in arthroscopic surgery. Distally positioned flaps extend radially outwardly from the outer surface of the cannula and are resiliently foldable to lie against the outer surface of the cannula during insertion into a surgical portal, and resiliently biased to return to the radially outwardly extending position when unconstrained. A clip disposed on the cannula outer surface outside of an arthroscopic workspace acts to clamp tissue disposed between the clip and the flaps. The clip has an extension to receive pairs of slots to sort and engage the sutures.