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US 2025/0375195 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for loading and/or unloading suture and/or a shuttle
AssigneeClauson Creative Engineering, Inc.
InventorsBrett A. SNYDER, John L. MINCK, JR., Ryan N. SCHMID, Andrew J. HUNTINGTON
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Abstract
A device is disclosed that can load a suture and/or a shuttle into a device. The device can have a suture and/or a shuttle that can be moved (e.g., via a loader control) from a non-loaded configuration to a loaded configuration without damaging the suture or the shuttle.
Claims20
A loader comprising:
- a body having a device space;
- a loader control;
- and
- a shuttle,
- wherein the shuttle is moveable from a shuttle first position to a shuttle second position via the loader control,
- wherein a device is positionable in the device space,
- wherein when the device is positioned in the device space, the shuttle is moveable from the shuttle first position to the shuttle second position, and
- wherein the shuttle is more contracted when the shuttle is in the shuttle second position than when the shuttle is in the shuttle first position.
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A loader comprising:
- a body having a device space;
- a loader control;
- a deflector;
- and
- a shuttle,
- wherein the shuttle is contractible and expandable,
- wherein the shuttle is contractible via the deflector,
- wherein when the shuttle is in contact with the deflector, the shuttle has a contracted configuration,
- wherein a device is positionable in the device space, and wherein when the device is positioned in the device space and the shuttle has the contracted configuration, the shuttle is moveable into the device via the loader control.
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A method of loading and/or unloading a device, the method comprising:
- loading a shuttle and/or a suture into the device, and/or
- unloading the shuttle and/or the suture from the device,
- wherein loading the shuttle comprises contracting and/or expanding the shuttle, and
- wherein unloading the shuttle comprises contracting and/or expanding the shuttle.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.