A suture passing instrument having a body housing a shape-memory wire, a jaw, a hand mechanism for articulating the jaw relative to a tip, an actuator, and a pusher for advancing the wire through the body and the tip. By actuating the hand mechanism, a surgeon may seize and maintain tissue with the jaw...http://www.google.de/patents/US20030233106?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20030233106 - Suture passing instrument