Surgical instrument for manipulating and passing suture
AssigneesSmith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited
InventorSoroush Kamrava
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Abstract
A suture passing instrument for manipulating and passing suture through a tissue is disclosed. The instrument includes a handle, an elongate shaft extending from the handle, a hook movably disposed within the elongate shaft. The elongate shaft includes a distal portion having an open end. The hook is movable from a retracted configuration in which at least a portion the hook is situated within the elongate shaft, and a deployed configuration in which the hook extends distally from the open end. The hook is operatively coupled to an actuator of the handle via a coupling member and the hook is moved from the retracted configuration to the deployed configuration be applying tension to the coupling member.
Claims18
A method of manipulating a suture comprising:
- placing an open distal end of an elongate shaft of a suture passer adjacent a target suture;
- applying tension in a proximal direction to a coupling member disposed along the elongate shaft to deploy an inner member out of the open end;
- engaging the suture with the inner member.
A method of manipulating a suture comprising:
- placing an open distal end of an elongate shaft of a suture passer adjacent a target suture;
- applying tension in a proximal direction to a first side of a looped coupling member disposed along the elongate shaft, to locate an inner member from a position within the elongate shaft to a position external to the open distal end;
- capturing the suture with the inner member.
A method of manipulating a suture comprising:
- placing an open distal end of an elongate shaft of a suture passer adjacent a target suture;
- moving a coupling member located within the elongate shaft in a proximal direction to move an inner member in a distal direction along the elongate shaft and out of the open end, to engage the suture with the inner member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.