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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
William R. George, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Michael J. Hendricksen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Chad R. Yolland, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Murillo, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0467 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0474 (2013.01);
Abstract
Knot pushers and suture cutter apparatuses to be used arthroscopically, for example, in an arthroscopic knee surgery may be operated with a single control to both lock the suture within the distal end of the apparatus and cut the suture once the knot has been pushed to the appropriate location. The apparatus may include a safety lock preventing deployment of the cutter until the safety lock (e.g., cutter release) has been released.