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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1999
Alfred A Durham, Roanoke, VA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A surgical passer device is provided for passing a wire or cable around or along a bone of a patient. The passer device comprises two separate passer members which are curved such that, when they are joined, they fit around the bone. In one embodiment, both curved members are cannulated and include permanent magnets at the distal ends thereof which, when magnetically engaged, bring the cannulated members into alignment so that a cable or wire can be passed therethrough. The members are then withdrawn, leaving the cable around the bone. In a further embodiment, a cable with a tip magnet is loaded into a curved cannulated passer member with the magnet exposed and a further curved passer member is used to capture the tip magnet and pull it around the bone. In one implementation, the further member is a malleable rod that can be bent into a suitable curved shape.