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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2018
Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Michael Murillo, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Christopher P. Bender, Oakland, CA (US);
Mark Y. Hirotsuka, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael J. Hendricksen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Justin D. Saliman, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
John G. McCutcheon, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods for passing a suture. In general, described herein are suturing devices, such as suture passers, as well as methods of suturing tissue. These suture passing devices may include dual deployment suture passers in which a first distal jaw member is moveable at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the elongate body of the device and the second distal jaw member is retractable proximally to the distal end region of the elongate body and/or the first jaw member.