Surgical knife assembly including depth guard

Details Surgical knife assembly including depth guard Surgical knife assembly including depth guard

1990-02-05

1991-12-10

Thaler, Michael H.

Surgery

Instruments

Cutting, puncturing or piercing

30293, 30294, A61B 1732

Patent

active

050714279

ABSTRACT:
A surgical knife assembly is provided which includes a depth guard for limiting the depth of insertion of a cutting blade. The depth guard is constructed to allow a surgeon to view an incision as it is being made. It includes a pair of parallel ski members which define a slot therebetween. A knife blade extends through the slot and includes a cutting edge projecting beyond the respective bottom ends of the ski members. One ski member includes a front edge which allows the front edge of the knife blade to be viewed as an incision is made, while the other ski member extends beyond the front edge of the knife blade to provide stability.

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