Patents Assigned to Cost Containment, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130072948
    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 coaxial with and slideably coupled to the end effector, is coupled to the handle assembly, and is configured to capture a suture within the end effector. A suture needle includes a suture needle body and a suture needle tip, the suture needle body having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is thicker than the second portion, and the first portion is configured to mate with a needle spacer that enables actuation of a suture needle passer device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: COST CONTAINMENT, INC.
    Inventors: Robert G. STATES, III, Christoph L. GILLUM, David A. PARROTT, Benjamin T. KRUPP, Kenneth E. HOGUE
  • Publication number: 20120277767
    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: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: COST CONTAINMENT, INC.
    Inventors: David Powers, Robert G. States, III, Christoph L. Gillum, David Parrott
  • 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