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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2010
Mike Dana, Newark, CA (US);
Rob George, San Jose, CA (US);
T. Daniel Gross, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Maurice Marthaler, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Dawn MA, San Jose, CA (US);
Jim Swett, Fremont, CA (US);
Mike Dana, Newark, CA (US);
Rob George, San Jose, CA (US);
T. Daniel Gross, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Maurice Marthaler, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Dawn Ma, San Jose, CA (US);
Jim Swett, Fremont, CA (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A suture trimmer having a shaft, a cutting member, an actuating device, and a snare. The shaft has a first end and a second end and bounds a bore extending from the first end toward the second end. The shaft has an opening formed in a side adjacent the first end. The cutting member is slidably disposed within the bore of the shaft and can be moved between a first position and a second position, such that when disposed in the second position the cutting member closes the opening formed in the side of the shaft. The actuating device is in communication with the cutting member and is operable to move the cutting member from the first position to the second position. The snare extends through the opening and out of the bore at the first end of the shaft.