Robert M. Weber;R. Pepper Murray;Thomas Dooney, Jr.;Jacob L. Powell;Jonathan I. Decker
发明人:
R. Pepper Murray,Jonathan I. Decker,Robert M. Weber,Thomas Dooney, Jr.,Jacob L. Powell
申请号：
US12614285
公开号：
US08460318B2
申请日:
2009.11.06
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
Apparatus and methods for passing multiple sutures in tissue repair and/or other mini-open procedures. The apparatus includes a pair of jaws mounted on a distal end of a shaft, a hand assembly mounted on a proximal end of the shaft, and a needle mounted on the hand assembly and passing through a cannulation of the shaft. The pair of jaws includes a lower jaw and an upper jaw, the lower jaw being provided with a slot configured to sequentially engage multiple sutures inserted into the instrument. The handle assembly has a cam mechanism and a finger lever with a ratchet and a releaser with a hook, the handle assembly being designed to move the needle from a first position to a second position, and to thereby sequentially capture, in the needle, each of the multiple sutures inserted in the instrument, for subsequent passing through tissue.
