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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:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jose E Lizardi, Franklin, MA (US);
Assignee:
Mitek Surgical Products, Inc., Westwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606104 ; 606232 ;
Abstract
A system for inserting suture anchors includes a suture anchor insertion tool, a suture anchor, a length of suture thread and any needles pre-attached thereto. The suture anchor insertion tool having a handle, an elongate suture anchor inserting member, a suture thread retaining cap provided on the handle, an internal retaining cavity formed integrally with the handle and a cover member that is selectively positionable so as to enclose the internal cavity.