Patent ID: 11903577
Assignee: CETERIX ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. A method of tying a repair knot around tissue comprising:
attaching a cartridge including a suture snare to a suture management device, the suture snare having a snaring end, a second opposing end and a loose knot therebetween, the loose knot operatively coupled to 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 suture snare through the loose knot so as to form the repair suture first end into a loose knot; and
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.