A - Human Necessities – 61 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
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B
A61B 17/32 (2006.01) A61B 10/00 (2006.01) A61B 17/22 (2006.01) A61B 17/28 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2187712
A surgical instrument for cutting tissue, which includes a housing, a cutting element movable between a retracted position disposed substantially within the housing and a deployed position extending outwardly from the housing, a guide member configured and dimensioned to direct orientation of the cutting element, operatively connected to the housing and defining a longitudinal axis, the guide member movable from a first orientation wherein the longitudinal axis of the guide member is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the housing to a second orientation wherein the longitudinal axis of the guide member is oriented at a predetermined angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the housing. A method for surgically removing tissue is also provided and includes the steps of inserting an instrument into an incision formed at the operative site, deploying a blade guide at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the instrument, deploying a cutting element from a retracted position to an exposed position such that the cutting element is guided by the blade guide, moving the cutting element through a predetermined path such that a section of tissue is separated from the surrounding tissue, and removing the cut tissue from the surrounding tissue.
Castro Salvatore
Marinkovich Dragomir C.
Ratcliff Keith
Mcfadden Fincham
United States Surgical Corporation
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