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US 12,611,304 B2Granted
Prosthetic incision device and methods thereof
AssigneeLSI Solutions, Inc.
InventorJude S. Sauer
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Abstract
A modular surgical apparatus is disclosed. Also disclosed is a modular incision apparatus. The modular incision apparatus may be used in a minimally invasive surgery. The modular incision apparatus includes a base having a pair of pivots, a pair of alignment tabs, a proximal opening, and at least one slide guide. The modular incision apparatus includes visual and cleaning access to the blade. The modular incision apparatus is suitable for safely, efficiently, and accurately making small incisions during surgical procedures. The modular incision apparatus provides a means of making small incisions of controlled depth, while reducing the chances of inadvertent exposure of surgical staff to sharp instrument.
Claims16
A modular incision apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured to be removably coupled to a receiver of a surgical instrument, the housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the housing having a plurality of walls having interior surfaces that cooperate to at least partially define an interior housing portion, wherein the housing includes a base and a cover coupled to the base and at least one of the cover and the base comprises a transparent material;
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- a blade configured to displace relative to the housing, the blade comprising:
- a first slide, wherein the first slide is elongated and extends from a proximal end to a distal end, and wherein the first slide is disposed at least partially within the interior housing portion;
- a cutting edge coupled to the first slide and disposed adjacent to the distal end of the first slide;
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- a coupling connector end disposed adjacent to the proximal end of the first slide, wherein the coupling connector end is configured to be removably coupled to a driver mechanism of the surgical instrument such that the blade is configured to be displaced by the driver mechanism from a retracted position in which the cutting edge is disposed proximal to the distal end of the housing to an extended position in which the cutting edge is disposed distal to the distal end of the housing;
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- a flexible latch that is elongated and extends from a proximal end to a distal end, the flexible latch comprising:
- a first latch end extending from the proximal end of the flexible latch, wherein the first latch end is configured to be removably received in a first latch feature formed in the first slide;
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- an engagement portion disposed adjacent to the distal end of the flexible latch, wherein the engagement portion is fixedly coupled to a portion of the housing,
- wherein the proximal end of the flexible latch is configured to be displaced from a first position in which the first latch end is disposed within the first latch feature to a second position in which the first latch end is disposed remote from the first latch feature, and
- wherein when the flexible latch is in the first position, the first latch end operatively engages the first latch feature to prevent the blade from being displaced from the retracted position to the extended position.
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A modular incision apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured to be removably coupled to a receiver of a surgical instrument, the housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the housing having a plurality of walls having interior surfaces that cooperate to at least partially define an interior housing portion;
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- a blade configured to displace relative to the housing, the blade comprising:
- a first slide, wherein the first slide is elongated and extends from a proximal end to a distal end, and wherein the first slide is disposed at least partially within the interior housing portion;
- a cutting edge coupled to the first slide and disposed adjacent to the distal end of the first slide;
- a coupling connector end disposed adjacent to the proximal end of the first slide, wherein the coupling connector end is configured to be removably coupled to a driver mechanism of the surgical instrument such that the blade is configured to be displaced by the driver mechanism from a retracted position in which the cutting edge is disposed proximal to the distal end of the housing to an extended position in which the cutting edge is disposed distal to the distal end of the housing;
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- a flexible latch that is elongated and extends from a proximal end to a distal end, the flexible latch comprising:
- a first latch end extending from the proximal end of the flexible latch, wherein the first latch end is configured to be removably received in a first latch feature formed in the first slide;
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- an engagement portion disposed adjacent to the distal end of the flexible latch, wherein the engagement portion is fixedly coupled to a portion of the housing,
- wherein the proximal end of the flexible latch is configured to be displaced from a first position in which the first latch end is disposed within the first latch feature to a second position in which the first latch end is disposed remote from the first latch feature, and
- wherein when the flexible latch is in the first position, the first latch end operatively engages the first latch feature to prevent the blade from being displaced from the retracted position to the extended position,
- wherein the proximal end of the flexible latch is configured to be displaced from the first position to the second position by contact with a release feature disposed on the receiver of the surgical instrument when the modular incision apparatus is coupled to the receiver of the surgical instrument.
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A modular incision apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured to be removably coupled to a receiver of a surgical instrument, the housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the housing having a plurality of walls having interior surfaces that cooperate to at least partially define an interior housing portion;
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- a blade configured to displace relative to the housing, the blade comprising:
- a first slide, wherein the first slide is elongated and extends from a proximal end to a distal end, and wherein the first slide is disposed at least partially within the interior housing portion;
- a cutting edge coupled to the first slide and disposed adjacent to the distal end of the first slide;
- a coupling connector end disposed adjacent to the proximal end of the first slide, wherein the coupling connector end is configured to be removably coupled to a driver mechanism of the surgical instrument such that the blade is configured to be displaced by the driver mechanism from a retracted position in which the cutting edge is disposed proximal to the distal end of the housing to an extended position in which the cutting edge is disposed distal to the distal end of the housing;
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- a flexible latch that is elongated and extends from a proximal end to a distal end, the flexible latch comprising:
- a first latch end extending from the proximal end of the flexible latch, wherein the first latch end is configured to be removably received in a first latch feature formed in the first slide;
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- an engagement portion disposed adjacent to the distal end of the flexible latch, wherein the engagement portion is fixedly coupled to a portion of the housing,
- wherein the proximal end of the flexible latch is configured to be displaced from a first position in which the first latch end is disposed within the first latch feature to a second position in which the first latch end is disposed remote from the first latch feature, and
- wherein when the flexible latch is in the first position, the first latch end operatively engages the first latch feature to prevent the blade from being displaced from the retracted position to the extended position,
- wherein the first latch end is a tab extending from the proximal end of the flexible latch, and wherein the first latch feature is a slot formed in the first slides.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.