US 12,268,415 B2
Surgical port for stay sutures and system and method thereof
Jude S. Sauer, Pittsford, NY (US)
Assigned to LSI Solutions, Inc., Victor, NY (US)
Filed by LSI Solutions, Inc., Victor, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,308.
Application 18/209,308 is a continuation of application No. 17/399,670, filed on Aug. 11, 2021, granted, now 11,712,265.
Application 17/399,670 is a continuation of application No. 15/982,669, filed on May 17, 2018, granted, now 11,116,541, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/507,737, filed on May 17, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0404616 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/3423 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0482 (2013.01); A61B 17/0485 (2013.01); A61B 17/06061 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 17/0469 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3445 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for suture management, the apparatus comprising:
a first cam grip comprising:
a first cam base at least partially defined by a perimeter edge; and
a first cam gripping arm coupled to the first cam base, the first cam gripping arm having an edge portion comprising a first plurality of teeth,
wherein the first cam grip is configured to rotate about a first rotational axis that extends through the first cam base,
a second cam grip comprising:
a second cam base at least partially defined by a perimeter edge; and
a second cam gripping arm coupled to the second cam base, the second cam gripping arm comprising an edge portion having a second plurality of teeth,
wherein the second cam grip is configured to rotate about a second rotational axis that extends through the second cam base,
wherein the first cam grip is oriented such that the first plurality of teeth is adapted to engage a first portion of a first segment of suture when the first segment of suture is displaced in a first direction and the second cam grip is oriented such that the second plurality of teeth is adapted to engage a second portion of the first segment of suture when the first segment of suture is displaced in the first direction, wherein the engagement of the first plurality of teeth with the first portion of the first segment of suture and the engagement of the second plurality of teeth with the second portion of the first segment of suture cooperates to resist further displacement of the first segment of suture in the first direction, and
wherein the first plurality of teeth and the second plurality of teeth are each configured to allow the first segment of suture to be displaced in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and
wherein the first cam grip is configured to rotate in a first rotational direction about the first rotational axis when the first plurality of teeth engages the first portion of the first segment of suture when the first segment of suture is displaced in the first direction and wherein the second cam grip is configured to rotate in a second rotational direction about the second rotational axis when the second plurality of teeth engages the second portion of the first segment of suture when the first segment of suture is displaced in the first direction, and
wherein the first cam base is substantially planar and the first rotational axis that extends through the first cam base is normal to the plane defined by the first cam base, and wherein the second cam base is substantially planar and the second rotational axis that extends through the second cam base is normal to the plane defined by the second cam base.