Description

🔹 Description:

It is a slender, hand-held instrument with a long shaft designed to pass through arthroscopic portals.

The tip has a grasping or hook-like mechanism that allows the surgeon to catch, hold, and retrieve sutures inside the joint.

It is commonly used in procedures like rotator cuff repair, meniscus repair, or labral repair, where sutures need to be passed and managed precisely in tight joint spaces.

🔹 Function:

To grasp and retrieve sutures through small portals.

To facilitate suture management by reducing entanglement inside the joint.

Helps in precise placement of sutures around torn tissues for repair.