Surgery – Instruments – Cutting – puncturing or piercing
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-11
2008-03-11
Nguyen, Anhtuan T. (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Cutting, puncturing or piercing
C606S172000, C007S161000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07341596
ABSTRACT:
A scalpel guide system for any bladed surgical instrument. A pair of wire guides attach to a scalpel, for controlled travel of the scalpel along the wire. The wire guides of the scalpel guiding system are especially useful as an enhancement to the “Seldinger technique,” a common surgical procedure employed for the percutaneous placement of elongated, tubular devices, with the aid of a guidewire or a wire. The scalpel can be any knife-like surgical device, conventionally including a blade attached to a handle. The scalpel guiding system preferably includes a pair of wire guides, each extending from the blade of the scalpel, or alternatively the handle of the scalpel. The scalpel can be disposable, as can the blade, independent of the scalpel. The wire can be any guidewire or filament, as conventionally employed in surgical techniques that involve the insertion of such a wire or strand. The wire is engageable by the scalpel mounted pair of wire guides. This engagement allows the user or surgeon to move the scalpel along the wire in a controlled and guided manner, for precise cutting or incising, as required for the needed procedure or operation.
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Nguyen Anhtuan T.
Stratton Ballew PLLC
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