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SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, NAMELY, SUTURE PASSING DEVICES FOR USE DURING ENDOSCOPIC AND ARTHROSCOPIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES FOR GRASPING AND MANIPULATING TISSUE BETWEEN A PAIR OF JAWS, PASSING ONE END OF A SUTURE FILAMENT THROUGH THE GRASPED TISSUE AND RETRIEVING THE PASSED END OF THE SUTURE FILAMENT; AND NEEDLES FOR USE IN THE SUTURE PASSING DEVICES TO CARRY SUTURE FILAMENT THROUGH THE GRASPED TISSUE