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

Claim 0:
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.