Carpal tunnel knife

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1994-03-29

1995-05-09

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Instruments

Cutting, puncturing or piercing

606167, 606181, 30315, A61B 1734

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active

054135800

ABSTRACT:
A surgical knife includes an elongated shaft with a handle mounted on the rearward end of the shaft and oriented perpendicularly thereto. The forward end of the shaft includes a generally planar blade portion which is oriented perpendicularly with respect to the handle. The blade portion includes a pair of forwardly projecting guide fingers separated by a notch, and a cutting edge formed within the notch and extending between the guide fingers.

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