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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2013
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
R. Pepper Murray, Bountiful, UT (US);
Jonathan I. Decker, Wellsville, UT (US);
Robert M. Weber, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Thomas Dooney, Jr., Naples, FL (US);
Jacob L. Powell, North Ogden, UT (US);
Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Abstract
An instrument for passing sutures in tissue repair and/or other mini-open procedures. The instrument includes a pair of jaws mounted on a distal end of a shaft, a hand assembly mounted on a proximal end of the shaft, and a needle mounted on the hand assembly and through a cannulation of the shaft. The pair of jaws includes a lower jaw and an upper jaw, the lower jaw being provided with a slot configured to engage a plurality of sutures. The hand assembly has a finger lever with a ratchet and a releaser with a hook, the hand assembly being designed to move the needle from a first position to a second position, and to sequentially engage the needle with each of the plurality of sutures.