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Pre-tied surgical knots for use with suture passers

  • US 10,441,273 B2
  • Filed: 04/18/2016
  • Issued: 10/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A suture having a pre-tied knot, the suture comprising:

  • an elongate flexible length of suture material having a first end and a second end;

    a pre-tied knot body formed from the suture material at a region near the first end of the suture, the pre-tied knot body having one or more loops of the suture material, wherein each loop has at least one crossing point; and

    a leader snare formed of a length of linear and flexible material, wherein the pre-tied knot body is tied around the leader snare so that the leader snare passes through the one or more loops of the knot body, wherein a bight region of the leader snare extends from a first end of the knot body and a pull tail extends from a second end of the knot body, wherein the material forming the leader snare has a larger diameter than the suture material of the elongated flexible length of suture material,wherein the knot body and leader snare are sufficiently flexible and narrow of profile to be pulled through a tissue behind a tissue penetrator.

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