Medical cutting instrument for severing muscles and tendons
US9017354B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/00969
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medical cutting instrument for cutting muscles and tendons, with an instrument body that includes a handle on its proximal end and at least one cutting knife in the area of its distal end. To provide a medical cutting instrument that guarantees ease of handling and simple structure along with secure cutting of the muscle/tendon tissue, the instrument body should be of grooved configuration in the area of its cutting knife in such a way that the instrument body includes a hollow space extending in the longitudinal direction of the instrument body to receive and guide the muscle/tendon tissue that is to be cut, such that the instrument body includes an opening extending in the longitudinal direction of the instrument body and the cutting knife constitutes a side of the instrument body.
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