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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
May. 09, 2003
Paul T. Rothstein, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Paul Pignato, Stacy, MN (US);
Thomas Daigle, Corcoran, MN (US);
Jack Goodman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Paul T. Rothstein, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Paul Pignato, Stacy, MN (US);
Thomas Daigle, Corcoran, MN (US);
Jack Goodman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A device for holding a surgical suture including a base, a guide body, a cam body, a bearing member, and a spring member. The base has a top side, a front edge, and a back edge. The guide body projects from the top side of the base and defines a guide face having an entrance side and an exit side. The entrance side is adjacent the front edge and the exit side is adjacent the back edge. The cam body is pivotally mounted to the top side and forms a toothed surface positioned to selectively secure a surgical suture against the guide face. The spring member is positioned between the cam body and the bearing member, biasing the toothed surface toward the guide face.