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USD368776S
USD368776S US29/014,349 US1434993F USD368776S US D368776 S USD368776 S US D368776S US 1434993 F US1434993 F US 1434993F US D368776 S USD368776 S US D368776S
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Frederick K. Toy
Roy T. Smoot, Jr.
Robert H. LaPrad
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FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a surgical instrument for suturing showing our new design, shown in open position, the rear elevational view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a lefthand end elevational view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a righthand end elevational view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof, shown in closed position, the rear elevational view being a mirror image thereof;
FIG. 7 is a front elevational view at an enlarged scale showing the distal end of the surgical instrument in open position;
FIG. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view of the distal end of the instrument shown in closed position; and,
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the distal end of the instrument in the open position to receive a suture.
The broken line showing of the handle and suture in FIGS. 1-6 and 9 is for illustrative purpose only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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  1. The ornamental design for a surgical instrument for suturing, as shown and described.
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US5772672A (en) 1993-10-19 1998-06-30 W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Endoscopic suture passer
USD441078S1 (en) 1998-06-02 2001-04-24 Hunter A. McKay Disposable medical instrument for performing retropubic urethropexy
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US6716224B2 (en) 2000-08-28 2004-04-06 Linvatec Corporation Intracorporeal knot tier
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US20100241142A1 (en) * 2009-03-23 2010-09-23 Linvatec Corporation Suture passing apparatus and method
US20120221045A1 (en) * 2011-02-25 2012-08-30 Yu-Chung Chang Needle unit
US8690898B2 (en) 2002-05-22 2014-04-08 Smith & Nephew, Inc. Suture passing surgical instrument
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US9888915B2 (en) 2011-02-14 2018-02-13 Smith & Nephew, Inc. Method and device for suture removal
US20180116670A1 (en) * 2013-03-14 2018-05-03 Covidien Lp Articulation joint for apparatus for endoscopic procedures
US10080562B2 (en) 2015-08-06 2018-09-25 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Methods, systems, and devices for surgical suturing
US10682133B2 (en) 2016-10-31 2020-06-16 Smith & Nephew, Inc. Suture passer and grasper instrument and method
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US5772672A (en) 1993-10-19 1998-06-30 W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. Endoscopic suture passer
USD441078S1 (en) 1998-06-02 2001-04-24 Hunter A. McKay Disposable medical instrument for performing retropubic urethropexy
US6716224B2 (en) 2000-08-28 2004-04-06 Linvatec Corporation Intracorporeal knot tier
US8540732B2 (en) 2001-10-01 2013-09-24 Depuy Mitek, Inc. Suturing apparatus and method
US20030065337A1 (en) * 2001-10-01 2003-04-03 Brad Topper Suturing apparatus and method
US10973511B2 (en) 2001-10-01 2021-04-13 Medos International Sarl Suturing apparatus and method
US10034665B2 (en) 2001-10-01 2018-07-31 Medos International Sarl Suturing apparatus and method
US20070270885A1 (en) * 2001-10-01 2007-11-22 Depuy Mitek, Inc., A Massachusetts Corporation Suturing apparatus and method
US7377926B2 (en) 2001-10-01 2008-05-27 Depuy Mitek, Inc. Suturing apparatus and method
US9808241B2 (en) 2001-10-01 2017-11-07 Medos International Sarl Suturing apparatus and method
US7879046B2 (en) 2001-10-01 2011-02-01 Depuy Mitek, Inc. Suturing apparatus and method
US20110087245A1 (en) * 2001-10-01 2011-04-14 Depuy Mitek, Inc., A Massachusetts Corporation Suturing Apparatus and Method
US8690898B2 (en) 2002-05-22 2014-04-08 Smith & Nephew, Inc. Suture passing surgical instrument
US10052098B2 (en) 2002-05-22 2018-08-21 Orthopaedic Biosystems Ltd., Inc. Suture passing surgical instrument
USD530421S1 (en) * 2002-09-25 2006-10-17 Depuy Mitek, Inc. Suture needle
USD529173S1 (en) * 2002-09-25 2006-09-26 Depuy Mitek, Inc. Suture needle
US8177796B2 (en) 2009-03-23 2012-05-15 Linvatec Corporation Suture passing apparatus and method
US20100241142A1 (en) * 2009-03-23 2010-09-23 Linvatec Corporation Suture passing apparatus and method
US9888915B2 (en) 2011-02-14 2018-02-13 Smith & Nephew, Inc. Method and device for suture removal
US20120221045A1 (en) * 2011-02-25 2012-08-30 Yu-Chung Chang Needle unit
US9351721B2 (en) 2012-02-16 2016-05-31 Coopersurgical, Inc. Suture passers and related methods
US10869671B2 (en) * 2013-03-14 2020-12-22 Covidien Lp Articulation joint for apparatus for endoscopic procedures
US20180116670A1 (en) * 2013-03-14 2018-05-03 Covidien Lp Articulation joint for apparatus for endoscopic procedures
US10765420B2 (en) 2014-04-24 2020-09-08 Smith & Nephew, Inc. Suture passer
US10080562B2 (en) 2015-08-06 2018-09-25 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Methods, systems, and devices for surgical suturing
US10869662B2 (en) 2015-08-06 2020-12-22 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Methods, systems, and devices for surgical suturing
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US12076003B2 (en) 2015-08-06 2024-09-03 DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. Methods, systems, and devices for surgical suturing
US10682133B2 (en) 2016-10-31 2020-06-16 Smith & Nephew, Inc. Suture passer and grasper instrument and method

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