Patent ID: 9226747
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A medical implement particularly useful in arthroscopic sutures, comprising: a handle having a proximal end configured for manual gripping by a user, a distal end, an internal passageway extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and an intermediate portion formed with a recess extending from the outer surface to the internal passageway; a shuttle movable through the passageway and having an intermediate portion exposed within the recess for manipulation by a user gripping the handle, and a suture-receiving-element at its distal end movable axially through the distal end of the handle; and a roller rotatably mounted to the handle underlying the exposed intermediate portion of the shuttle such that thumb-pressing the exposed intermediate portion of the shuttle engages the shuttle against the roller, so that after a suture has been received by the suture-receiving-element of the shuttle, a user, gripping the handle, may manipulate the shuttle with respect to the distal end of the handle by thumb-pressing the exposed portion of the shuttle against the roller, said shuttle held to a surface of said roller in response to being pressed by the thumb, and moving the thumb to advance or retract said shuttle.