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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Murillo, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael J. Hendricksen, Redwood City, CA (US);
Yoav Ben-Haim, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0483 (2013.01); A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 17/06066 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0046 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0472 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06047 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2933 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0811 (2016.02);
Abstract
Suture passers and methods of use. Described herein are suture passers preloaded with suture, including cartridges that couple to a suture passer to form a loaded suture passer; the suture passer may be operated to pass one or more lengths of suture without having to be manually reloaded. In particular, described herein are preloaded and automatically reloading apparatuses typically.