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Surgical instrument for tying a knot in a length of suture at a remote location

  • US 5,472,446 A
  • Filed: 10/20/1993
  • Issued: 12/05/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical instrument for tying a knot in a length of suture, the instrument comprising:

  • a rod having a longitudinal length with opposite first and second ends and an exterior surface extending between the first and second ends;

    a length of suture having opposite first and second ends, the first end of the suture being secured to a needle and the second end of the suture being positioned adjacent the second end of the rod, the length of suture extending from its second to its first end along the rod from the rod second end to the rod first end with at least one loop being formed in the suture and wrapped laterally around the exterior surface of the rod;

    a plurality of loops are formed in the suture and are each wrapped laterally around the exterior surface of the rod; and

    ,the plurality of loops are formed in the suture by the length of suture extending longitudinally along the rod from the rod second end toward the rod first end with a first bend being formed in the suture and the suture extending laterally from the first bend making at least one revolution around the exterior surface of the rod back to the first bend, a second bend being formed in the suture around the first bend and the suture extending longitudinally from the second bend toward the rod first end.

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