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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2024
Passer Stitch, Llc, Whitmore, CA (US);
Scott Heneveld, Whitmore, CA (US);
John Valadez, Agua Dulce, CA (US);
Christopher Morris, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Justin Anderson, Henderson, NV (US);
Brad Topper, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Passer Stitch, LLC, Henderson, NV (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for passing suture through biological tissue. The apparatus including a jaw mechanism adapted to grasp the tissue, a needle assembly having a needle, a jaw articulation system for inducing axial articulation of the jaw mechanism, a needle articulation system for inducing articulation of the needle, a suture control system for controlling ensnarement and release of a suture, and a multifunction actuation system having an actuation trigger. The multifunction actuation system adapted to sequentially induce the axial articulation of the jaw mechanism, the ensnarement of the suture and articulation of the needle during a single continuous rotation of the trigger.