Suture trimmer

US7992571B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Abbott Laboratories · US

Inventors

• T. Daniel Gross · Los Gatos, US
• Maurice Marthaler · Santa Rosa, US
• Michael Dana · Fremont, US
• Dawn Ma · San Jose, US
• Steven Craig Anderson · Lompoc, US
• Marc Terwilliger · Palo Alto, US
• Jim Swett · Livermore, US
• Mitchell B. Friedman · Buffalo Grove, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 16, 2006
• Grant date: Aug 9, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B17/0485
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A suture trimmer having a shaft with a groove formed in the side thereof, a cutting member movably disposed within the shaft, and a suture retainer slidably disposed within the shaft. The suture trimmer may be used to position knots formed within a suture loop prior to trimming the free end(s) of the suture loop, and to deliver an agent near the location where the suture is severed.