Patent ID: 9089322
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A suture passing mechanism comprising an elongated delivery member; and a suture capture fitting at a distal end of the delivery member, the suture capture fitting comprising a recess for receiving a length of suture, the recess having a proximal wall and a lateral opening leading therein and an expeller at the recess adapted to expel suture out of the recess through the lateral opening; the expeller comprising a line affixed adjacent the lateral opening and received within the recess spaced apart from the lateral opening in a first position and adjacent the lateral opening in a second position whereby the line is moved from the first position to the second position to push the suture out of the lateral opening; and a jaw at the lateral opening movable from a closed position in which the jaw blocks the lateral opening to an open position in which the jaw is away from the lateral opening.