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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2007
Kate E. Traynor, Atkinson, NH (US);
Steven D. Cahalane, Pelham, NH (US);
Edward I. Mcnamara, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Joseph A. Meranda, Lowell, MA (US);
Paul T. Modoono, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Joseph P. Lane, Methuen, MA (US);
Aaron M. Call, Lowell, MA (US);
Kate E. Traynor, Atkinson, NH (US);
Steven D. Cahalane, Pelham, NH (US);
Edward I. McNamara, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Joseph A. Meranda, Lowell, MA (US);
Paul T. Modoono, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Joseph P. Lane, Methuen, MA (US);
Aaron M. Call, Lowell, MA (US);
Mitralign, Inc., Tewksbury, MA (US);
Abstract
Suture cutters and methods of cutting suture in a surgical procedure. The suture cutter may include an actuator, an intermediate cannula portion and a movable cutting assembly. The cutting assembly may be operatively coupled to the actuator and include a cutting element. An adjustably sized cutting window receives the suture. The adjustably sized cutting window may be bound on at least one side with the cutting element for cutting the suture received inside the cutting window. Actuation moves the cutting assembly to cut the suture.