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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Kevin T. Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Troy M. Walters, Plymouth, IN (US);
Inventors:
Kevin T. Stone, Winona Lake, IN (US);
Troy M. Walters, Plymouth, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Sports Medicine, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for passing a suture through tissue includes a first jaw member having a retaining structure to support a portion of the suture proximate a first surface of the tissue. A second jaw member is associated with the first jaw member. The second jaw member is selectively configurable in a first configuration to perform a first stitch or in a second configuration to perform a second stitch.