SUTURE PASSER DEVICES AND METHODS
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190175165A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-13

    申请号:US16252487

    申请日:2019-01-18

    IPC分类号: A61B17/04 A61B17/062

    摘要: Devices, systems and methods for passing a suture. In general, described herein are suturing devices, such as suture passers, as well as methods of suturing tissue. These suture passing devices may include dual deployment suture passers in which a first distal jaw member is moveable at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the elongate body of the device and the second distal jaw member is retractable proximally to the distal end region of the elongate body and/or the first jaw member. Also described herein are suture passers in which the tissue penetrator passing the suture travels in an approximately sigmoidal pathway, with the distal end of the tissue penetrator extending distally from one jaw of the device.

    MENISCUS REPAIR
    3.
    发明申请
    MENISCUS REPAIR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200375589A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-03

    申请号:US16943256

    申请日:2020-07-30

    IPC分类号: A61B17/04 A61B17/062

    摘要: Methods for repairing a meniscus, and particularly a torn meniscus. A method of repairing a meniscus may include using a suture passer to pass a suturing element from the region between the superior surface of the meniscus and the femoral condyle, through the meniscus tissue, into the region between the inferior surface of the meniscus and the tibial plateau, across the inferior surface of the meniscus, and back to the superior surface of the meniscus, without deeply penetrating the posterior capsular region of the knee. Equivalently, the suture element may be passed from the inferior surface of the meniscus to the superior surface and back to the inferior surface.