Suture passer and method of using

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5462562
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08179987

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A suture passer including a stainless steel cylinder that has a rubber gasket at one end adapted to provide a seal through which laparoscopic forceps may be inserted. The suture passer further includes a thin stainless steel guide fastened to the other end of the cylinder and having a laterally extending eye through which a suture may be passed for use.

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HENRY FORD HOSPITALDETROIT MI

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Elkus, Robert M West Bloomfield, MI 1 55

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