Abstract: A suture passer device includes a shaft, a handle, an end effector, and a suture capturing member. The shaft has a shaft proximal end and a shaft distal end. The handle assembly is coupled to the shaft proximal end. The end effector is coupled to the shaft distal end. The suture capturing member is within the end effector, is coupled to the handle assembly independently of the shaft, and is configured to capture a suture within the end effector.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 4, 2009
Publication date:
March 10, 2011
Applicant:
Cost Containment, Inc.
Inventors:
David Powers, Robert G. States, III, Christoph L. Gillum, David Parrott