Suture Cutting Device
AssigneeMavation, LLC
InventorsRusty Allen, Magda MORRISON
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for a cutting device comprising a base portion configured to rest on a surface. A top portion is connected to the base portion. The base portion and the top portion form a gap adjacent to the base portion and the top portion. A blade extends between the base portion and the top portion and is configured to cut suture traversed through the gap. The base portion and the top portion and configured to prevent access to the blade of objects having more than a predetermined width and to allow access to the blade of objects having less than a predetermined width.
Claims20
A cutting device comprising:
- a base portion configured to rest on a surface;
- a top portion connected to the base portion, the base portion and the top portion forming a gap adjacent to the base portion and the top portion;
- and
- a blade extending between the base portion and the top portion, the blade configured to cut suture traversed through the gap, the base portion and the top portion configured to prevent access to the blade of objects having more than a predetermined width and to allow access to the blade of objects having less than a predetermined width.
A surgical needle counting device comprising:
- a suture cutting device including:
- a base portion;
- a top portion coupled to the base portion, the base portion and the top portion forming a gap;
- and
- a blade extending through the gap, the blade configured to cut suture from a needle to a predetermined length when the suture is traversed through the gap;
- a collecting enclosure configured to receive the needle;
- and
- a counting apparatus having a sensor configured for determining a number of needles in the collecting enclosure.
A method of cutting suture comprising:
- securing a base portion to a lower surface;
- securing a top portion to the base portion, the base portion and the top portion forming a gap;
- extending a blade through the gap;
- traversing suture through the gap;
- and
- cutting the suture with the blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.