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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey I Lasner, Purchase, NY (US);
Francisco H Aleixo, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Assignee:
Laschal Instruments Corp., North Tarrytown, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128318 ; 128305 ;
Abstract
A method of cutting a suture at least partly disposed in tissue and bearing a knot formed in the suture, wherein the suture is introduced into the slot of a suture cutter having a slotted member of a predetermined depth and a cutting blade relatively moveable with respect to the slotted member, the cutter is moved along the suture until the member contacts the knot, and the cutting blade is relatively moved across the slot to shearingly contact the suture such that a stub substantially equal in length to the depth of the slotted member remains on the suture adjacent the knot.