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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2006
T. Daniel Gross, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Maurice Marthaler, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Michael Dana, Newark, CA (US);
Dawn MA, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven C. Anderson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Marc Terwilliger, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jim Swett, Livermore, CA (US);
Mitchell B. Friedman, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
T. Daniel Gross, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Maurice Marthaler, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Michael Dana, Newark, CA (US);
Dawn Ma, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven C. Anderson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Marc Terwilliger, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jim Swett, Livermore, CA (US);
Mitchell B. Friedman, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A suture trimmer having a shaft with a groove formed in the side thereof, a cutting member movably disposed within the shaft, and a suture retainer slidably disposed within the shaft. The suture trimmer may be used to position knots formed within a suture loop prior to trimming the free end(s) of the suture loop, and to deliver an agent near the location where the suture is severed.