Patent 9211119 was granted and assigned to Ceterix Orthopaedics on December, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Suture passer devices, including suture passers configured with an axially slideable jaw that includes a tissue-penetrating distal end region. Also described are suture passers including jaws housing tissue penetrating needles to pass suture that are substantially thin. Methods of using such devices to pass a suture through tissue are provided.