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Medical implement for manipulating sutures particularly useful in arthroscopic surgery

US10092287B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17References

20Claims

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Assignee

T.A.G. Medical Devices - Agriculture Cooperative Ltd. · IL

Inventors

Ran Oren · Gaaton, IL
Dan Moor · Nahariah, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 28, 2015
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 25, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2017/00424
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical implement for transport of a suture shuttle, comprising a handle including a proximal portion configured for manual gripping by a user, a distal portion, an internal passageway for a suture shuttle, extending between a proximal end and a distal end of the handle; an intermediate portion formed with a thumb depression facing a first direction; the proximal portion comprising a slot extending from the internal passageway to a lateral face of the handle for enabling side-loading of a suture shuttle into a proximal portion of the internal passageway, the slot facing a second direction; the slot extending longitudinally from a proximal end of the handle to an intersection with the thumb depression, wherein at the intersection the slot is exposed in the first direction, and a roller rotatably mounted at the thumb depression.

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