Patents Assigned to Cost Containment, Inc.
  • SUTURE PASSER DEVICE AND SUTURE NEEDLE
    Publication number: 20110060350
    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