US 2026/0306086 A1 · SURGICAL SPATULA

Abstract

A manual surgical spatula is made of a single-body with substantially laminar shape. When not in use, the spatula is arched whereas, during use, to move human tissues, the spatula is susceptible to elastic bending in which it is straightened it into a flat configuration, in response to the strength the patient's tissues exerting at an end of the spatula. The spatula is equipped with one or more tactile and/or visual indicators aligned along the longitudinal axis, each indicating a point of grip uniquely corresponding to a value of the bending strength of the spatula. The spatula when held at a specific tactile and/or visual indicator, the flattening of the spatula occurs in response to a pressure value uniquely corresponding to that specific tactile and/or visual indicator. Accordingly, a surgeon has objective and quantitative feedback of the pressure exerted on the tissues.

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Dependent claims

A single-body manual surgical spatula which extends along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end and in which the thickness of the surgical spatula is less than the length and width of the surgical spatula,

wherein the surgical spatula can be held with one hand between the first end and the second end, and
wherein the surgical spatula is normally arched and in use is susceptible to bending, which tend to flatten or straighten it, in response to a pressure exerted at one end,
the surgical spatula being equipped with one or more tactile and/or visual indicators aligned along the longitudinal axis, each indicating a point of grip uniquely corresponding to a value known a priori of the bending strength of the surgical spatula.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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