Surgery – Instruments – Cutting – puncturing or piercing
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-02
2007-10-02
Dawson, Glenn K. (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Cutting, puncturing or piercing
C072S310000, C072S319000, C140S106000, C140S147000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10429723
ABSTRACT:
A straightening tool for straightening an elongate angled member of an angled tissue cutting instrument in which the elongate angled member has a proximal length portion and an initial bend connecting the proximal length portion to a distal length portion extending from the bend to a distal end. The straightening tool comprises a positioning block attached to a handle, an unbending channel in the positioning block configured to effect straightening of the elongate angled member and a guide template corresponding to the unbending channel. The guide template comprises a guide slot having a longitudinal profile corresponding to the longitudinal profile of a forward aspect of the elongate angled member extending from the distal end proximally of the bend. A method of straightening an elongate angled member of an angled tissue cutting instrument involves matching the longitudinal profile of a forward aspect of the elongate angled member to a guide template of a straightening tool, inserting the forward aspect into an unbending channel of the straightening tool corresponding to the guide template, straightening the elongate angled member using the unbending channel and withdrawing the straightened elongate member from the unbending channel.
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Adams Amanda
Dawson Glenn K.
Medtronic Xomed, Inc.
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