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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2023
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Daren Stewart, Belmont, CA (US);
James Flom, San Carlos, CA (US);
Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for retaining a suture includes extending a distal end of a suture manipulator of a suture passer from a distal portion of a hollow tube of the suture passer, the distal portion of the suture manipulator forming a single arm so that only the single arm extends out of the distal end of the hollow tube when the suture manipulator is fully extended, locating a portion of a suture adjacent to a catching portion of the suture manipulator, and retracting the distal end of the suture manipulator into the hollow tube and pulling the portion of the suture into the hollow tube so that a loop of the suture is located in a lumen of the hollow tube and the portion of the suture is compressed by an inner surface of the hollow tube and a side surface of the catching portion.