Patent ID: 9247935
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A surgical knot pusher and suture cutter apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a handle; an elongate holding tube attached to the handle, the elongate holding tube including a lateral slot opening from a distal end of the holding tube and configured to allow a suture to pass therethrough; an inner mandrel within the holding tube, the inner mandrel having a lateral notch extending proximally from a distal end of the inner mandrel along a side region of the inner mandrel, wherein the inner mandrel is axially movable relative to the holding tube and is configured to capture the suture between the notch of the inner mandrel and the holding tube when the inner mandrel is extended distally; a tubular cutter around the holding tube, the cutter configured to be axially movable relative to the holding tube to cut an end of the suture when the tubular cutter is extended distally; a control on the handle configured to control an axial motion of both the inner mandrel and an axial motion of the cutter; a lock out tab coupled to the inner mandrel and configured to prevent axial movement of the inner mandrel until the lock out tab is released; and a cutter release configured to prevent axial motion of the cutter unless the cutter release is disengaged.