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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2023
Applicant:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Richard Carpenter, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Bryan A. Janish, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0488 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical instrument includes a handle, a suture lock associated with the handle, the suture lock being configured to fix a position of a portion of a suture line relative to a portion of the handle when the suture lock is in a locked configuration, and a manually-actuatable actuator associated with the handle and configured to cause the suture lock to transition from the locked position to an unlocked position.