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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
May. 24, 2023
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Brian Otrando, Cumberland, RI (US);
Kevin Zylka, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Jonathan Bellas, Raynham, MA (US);
James T. Spivey, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Peter Colby, Raynham, MA (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Various exemplary methods, systems, and devices for surgical suturing are provided. In general, a loading element can be configured to facilitate loading of a plate into a surgical instrument configured to facilitate passage of a suture through tissue. The surgical instrument can be configured to advance the suture through a tissue of a patient, to capture a free end or looped end of the suture after the suture's advancement through the tissue, and to pull the captured suture out of the patient's body with a portion of the suture remaining passed through the tissue within the patient's body.