US 11,903,577 B2
Knot tying accessory
Stephen J. Peter, San Francisco, CA (US); Victoria C. Quitugua, Palo Alto, CA (US); Mark Y. Hirotsuka, San Jose, CA (US); Michael Murillo, Menlo Park, CA (US); Nifer B. Goldman, Redwood City, CA (US); Christopher P. Bender, Oakland, CA (US); and Sarah-Marie Chan, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Ceterix Orthopaedics, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed by Ceterix Orthopaedics, Inc., Fremont, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/528,972.
Application 16/528,972 is a continuation of application No. 15/283,749, filed on Oct. 3, 2016, granted, now 10,405,853.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/236,758, filed on Oct. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2019/0380705 A1, Dec. 19, 2019
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0482 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 17/0487 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0417 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0454 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0462 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0488 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of tying a suture knot in a repair loop comprising:
attaching a suture snare to a suture management device, the suture snare having a snaring end, a second opposing end and a loose knot therebetween and wherein attaching disposes the loose knot around a shaft of the suture management device;
coupling a repair suture to tissue;
threading a first end of the repair suture through the snaring end;
drawing the snaring end and repair suture first end through the loose knot so as to replace the loose knot with the repair suture first end and thereby form a repair suture loose knot around the suture management device;
transferring the repair suture loose knot over a second end of the repair suture operatively coupled to the suture management device to form a repair knot.