US 12,201,290 B2
Multiple suture passing device
Adrian Bosworth, Bradenton, FL (US); and Peter Miller, Largo, FL (US)
Assigned to CONMED CORPORATION, Utica, NY (US)
Appl. No. 16/649,677
Filed by CONMED CORPORATION, Utica, NY (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 26, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/039406
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 23, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/005733, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/549,180, filed on Aug. 23, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/549,121, filed on Aug. 23, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/524,776, filed on Jun. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0369263 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/062 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0469 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0491 (2013.01); A61B 17/06004 (2013.01); A61B 17/0625 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suture passer, comprising:
a suture passer distal end having a body with a gripping portion and a suture holding portion;
wherein the gripping portion and the suture holding portion are spaced, defining a recess in the body therebetween;
wherein the gripping portion comprises a first tube extending along a central longitudinal axis and toward the suture holding portion and a second tube having a distal end and moveable within the first tube, wherein a distal end of the first tube comprises a lateral opening positioned therethrough, wherein the lateral opening extends at an angle to the central longitudinal axis;
a needle slidable within the second tube from a retracted position to an extended position, the needle having a notch at a needle distal end;
a rotary track extending through the suture holding portion;
wherein in the retracted position, the needle distal end is within the first tube of the gripping portion, and in the extended position, the needle distal end extends into the suture holding portion; and
wherein the suture holding portion comprises a toggle gate hingedly connected to an actuator rod, the toggle gate having a first end and being rotatable between a locked state and an unlocked state; wherein the first end of the toggle gate is configured to move in the distal direction away from the distal end of the second tube and toward the rotary track from the unlocked state to the locked state.