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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Tensor Surgical, Inc., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Inventors:
Brett Sanders, Signal Mountain, TN (US);
Keith J. Harper, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Assignee:
TENSOR SURGICAL, INC., Chattanooga, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 17/06109 (2013.01); A61B 17/1604 (2013.01); A61B 17/1714 (2013.01); A61B 17/1778 (2016.11); A61B 17/1796 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06042 (2013.01);
Abstract
A passive retrieving interosseous suture passing instrument () having a guide handle () with a proximal end for grasping and a distal end for engagement with a bone () to which suture () is to be attached. The bone () is provided with a first tunnel (), and a suture retrieving arm () carried at the distal end of the guide handle () is provided with a distal tip dimensioned to be received in the first tunnel ().