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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:
Mar. 31, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
John O Hayhurst, Milwaukie, OR (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; D03J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606139 ; 289 17 ;
Abstract
A knotting instrument (20) having a leading member (22) and a trailing member (24) for forming a double knot. The leading member (22) functions to slide a first knot (26) that is formed in the sutures (30, 32) against the surface (34) of tissue (40). A finger (60) is formed in the leading member (24) to hold the first knot (26) against the tissue surface (34) as a second knot (28) is moved by the trailing member (24) against the first knot (26). The leading member (22) is configured to part as the trailing member (24) moves the second knot (28) against the first knot (26).