Patent ID: 7717927

Claim:
A medical knot pusher having a shaft, a handle on a proximal end of the shaft, and a guide device on a distal end of the shaft for holding and guiding surgical sewing material, as well as an additional cutting device positioned on the shaft for severing the sewing material positioned in the guide device, wherein the shaft being positioned in the handle consists of a shaft tube comprising the guide device for the surgical sewing material, and a cutting tube being mounted on the outside of the shaft tube forming the cutting device, characterized in that at least one cutting edge is positioned on the distal end of the cutting tube, wherein the at least one cutting edge is configured on a distal end of a freely cut spring latch, which is set free elastically by two parallel incisions in the cutting tube that extend toward the proximal end, with said spring latch being pretensioned radially inward in the direction toward the shaft tube, and in that a clamping rod inserted into the shaft tube for securing the sewing material in the guide device.