GARY M GARTSMAN, M.D.
Medical Practice at Main St, Houston, TX

6723107, Apr 20, 2004

Apr 18, 2000

09/550975

Jeffry B. Skiba - Santa Rosa CA
Jeffrey P. Baldwin - Phoenix AZ
Laird L. Hatch - Cave Creek AZ
Gary M. Gartsman - Houston TX
Ran Oren - Gaaton, IL

Orthopaedic Biosystems Ltd. - Memphis TN

A61B 1704

606144, 606222, 606223

Devices and techniques for suturing are particularly useful in laparoscopic, arthroscopic, and/or open surgical procedures. A method of delivering a suture includes providing a suture device, releasably coupling a suture to a distal end of a suture device by threading the suture through a first region of a bounded opening of the suture device and moving the suture to a second region of the bounded opening having a dimension smaller than a diameter of the suture to trap the suture in the second region, penetrating a substrate with the distal end of the suture device such that the a portion of the suture passes through the substrate, and releasing the suture from the distal end of the suture device.

2004017, Sep 9, 2004

Mar 24, 2004

10/807396

Jeffry Skiba - Santa Rosa CA, US
Jeffrey Baldwin - Phoenix AZ, US
Laird Hatch - Cave Creek AZ, US
Gary Gartsman - Houston TX, US
Ran Oren - Gaaton, IL

Orthopaedic Biosystems Ltd., Inc., a Delaware corporation

A61B017/04, A61B017/06

606/222000, 606/148000

The present invention provides new and useful devices and techniques for use in suturing. These devices and techniques are particularly useful in laparoscopic, arthroscopic, and/or open surgical procedures. A method according to the present invention is characterized by releasably coupling a suture to a suture device, causing the tip of the suture device and a portion of the suture to penetrate a tissue, and releasing the suture from the suture device, so the suture may be drawn through the tissue for completion of a suturing procedure. One type of suturing device according to the invention is characterized by a handle with an elongated shaft with a sharpened tip configured to hold a suture at a selected point on the suture. Another type of device according to the principles of the invention is characterized by new and useful structures and techniques for loading the suture into the device. According to still another aspect of the present invention, different shaped suture tips are provided for the selection of the most effective tip shape for a given application. A suturing device according to the present invention may also be configured for use with a needle point swedged to a suture. Yet another type of suturing device according to the principles of present invention includes a tissue support structure disposed adjacent the sharpened tip, which may move relative to the sharpened tip to facilitate penetration of the tip through a tissue.

2012026, Oct 18, 2012

Nov 8, 2011

13/292067

Jamal RUSHDY - Eden Prairie MN, US
Justin C. ANDERSON - Minnetonka MN, US
Kevin OHASHI - Jamaica Plain MA, US
Heber CROCKETT - Kearney NE, US
Gary GARTSMAN - Houston TX, US
Mark SCHAMBLIN - Bakersfield CA, US

A61B 17/062

606139

A method according to embodiments of the present invention includes attaching an assembly of suture and patch across a tendon to be repaired, for example a rotator cuff, and adjusting the tension of the suture and patch assembly independent of the tension of the repaired tendon.