METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTINUOUS SUTURE PASSING - Patent 2166966

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EP 2 166 966 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	31.03.2010 Bulletin 2010/13

(21)	Application number: 07812617.4

(22)	Date of filing: 03.07.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 17/28^(2006.01)

A61F 2/06^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2007/072802

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2009/005527 (08.01.2009 Gazette 2009/02)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK RS

(71)	Applicant: Revolutionary Surgical Device, LLC
	Los Angeles, CA 90048 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	SALIMAN, Justin Beverly Hills, CA 90210 (US) SHAHOIAN, Erik San Ramond, CA 94583 (US)

(74)	Representative: Price, Nigel John King
	J.A. Kemp & Co. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTINUOUS SUTURE PASSING