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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2000
Jeffry B. Skiba, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Laird L. Hatch, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
Gary M. Gartsman, Houston, TX (US);
Ran Oren, Gaaton, IL;
Orthopaedic Biosystems Ltd., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
Devices and techniques for suturing are particularly useful in laparoscopic, arthroscopic, and/or open surgical procedures. A method of delivering a suture includes providing a suture device, releasably coupling a suture to a distal end of a suture device by threading the suture through a first region of a bounded opening of the suture device and moving the suture to a second region of the bounded opening having a dimension smaller than a diameter of the suture to trap the suture in the second region, penetrating a substrate with the distal end of the suture device such that the a portion of the suture passes through the substrate, and releasing the suture from the distal end of the suture device.