Patent ID: 6086596
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A surgical passer device for passing a wire or cable around or along a bone of a patient, said passer device comprising:a first passer member including a first curved cannulated portion having a distal end, including a passage therethrough for receiving a wire or cable to be passed around the bone and having a curvature adapted to fit partially around the bone; anda second passer member including a second curved portion having a distal end and having a curvature adapted to fit partially around the bone such that when, in use of the device, said curved portions of said first and second passer members are brought into engagement with each other at the distal ends thereof the passer device fits around the bone; said second passer member including a permanent magnet at the distal end of said second curved portion for facilitating passing around the bone of a wire or cable exiting from the passage in the cannulated portion of said first passer member.