Suture tensioning device
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorArley Perez, III
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Abstract
A suture tensioning device includes a first portion including a first inner surface having a first surface and a first beveled surface and another first portion including another first inner surface having another first surface and another first beveled surface. The first surface of the first inner surface and the another first surface of the another first inner surface contact. The first portion and the another first portion are connected to define a first handle. A first cleat is defined between the first beveled surface and the another first beveled surface.
Claims18
A suture tensioning device comprising:
- a first portion including a first inner surface having a first surface and a first beveled surface;
- another first portion including another first inner surface having another first surface and another first beveled surface, wherein the first surface of the first inner surface and the another first surface of the another first inner surface contact, and the first portion and the another first portion are connected to define a first handle;
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- a first cleat defined between the first beveled surface and the another first beveled surface.
A suture tensioning device comprising:
- a first handle including a first portion having a first inner surface with a first surface and a first beveled surface, another first portion having another first inner surface having another first surface and another first beveled surface, wherein the first portion of the first inner surface and the another first portion of the another first inner surface contact, the first portion and the another first portion are connected to define a first handle, a first cleat is defined between the first beveled surface and the another first beveled surface, and the first handle includes one of a projection and a recess;
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- a second handle including a second portion having a second inner surface with a second surface and a second beveled surface, another second portion having another second inner surface having another second surface and another second beveled surface, wherein the second portion of the second inner surface and the another second portion of the another second inner surface contact, the second portion and the another second portion are connected to define a second handle, a second cleat is defined between the second beveled portion and the another second beveled portion, and the second handle includes the other of the projection and the recess,
- wherein the projection is received in the recess to removably attach the first handle to the second handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.