Hemostatic ellipse guide for cutting skin
OwnerJeffry Winkelman, Janee D. Steinberginventors
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Abstract
A surgical instrument which when properly used will facilitate incisional and excisional skin surgery, to be used in conjunction with conventional surgical cutting instruments.
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A surgical hemostatic cutting guide for a surgical knife comprising a circular plate having an upper and lower side and provided with an elliptical debossed pattern centrally located on said plate and a circular debossed pattern located circumferentially of said plate and having an inclined handle which is provided with a circular knurled thumb rest, both of said debossed patterns being located on the lower side of said plate and an elliptical opening located centrally in said plate inside of said elliptical debossed pattern, said elliptical opening forming an elliptical guiding edge along which a surgical blade can rest while cutting.
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