Patents Assigned to Arthrogenx, LLC.
  • Suture passing instruments and methods
    Patent number: 9668726
    Abstract: An apparatus for passing one or more sutures in tissue repair and/or other surgical 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 curved needle mounted on the hand assembly and through a shaft. The curved needle remains within the jaw assembly and can be actuated out of the jaw assembly without deformation of the needle and by linear advancement of a needle linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Arthrogenx, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Rice Bourland, III, Johnny J. Valadez
  • Suture passing instruments and methods
    Patent number: 9439647
    Abstract: An apparatus for passing one or more sutures in tissue repair and/or other surgical 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 curved needle mounted on the hand assembly and through a shaft. The curved needle remains within the jaw assembly and can be actuated out of the jaw assembly without deformation of the needle and by linear advancement of a needle linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Arthrogenx, LLC.
    Inventors: Charles Rice Bourland, III, Johnny J. Valadez