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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
M. Mary Sinnott, Logan, UT (US);
Kwan-Ho Chan, Singapore, SG;
Patrick M. White, West Chester, PA (US);
T. Wade Fallin, Hyde Park, UT (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2006.01); A61B 17/60 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61B 17/062 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1796 (2013.01); A61B 17/88 (2013.01); A61B 17/1714 (2013.01); A61B 17/1739 (2013.01); A61B 17/0625 (2013.01); A61B 2017/1775 (2013.01); A61B 17/0483 (2013.01);
Abstract
Instruments and techniques to pass a suture are presented. In one illustrative example, a suture passer includes a guide operable to guide the formation of a tunnel in a bone and guide passage of a suture through the tunnel so formed.