Guarded surgical knife handle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8992554-B2
Application number	US-201414279838-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2014
Priority date	Nov 20, 2008
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

A guarded surgical knife handle includes a handle portion with a blade holder, a chamber within the handle portion, and a slot. The guarded surgical knife handle also includes a guard having an open distal end slidably mounted within the handle portion that can slide longitudinally between an unguarded position and a guarded position. The guard is sized to surround the blade in the guarded position. The guarded surgical knife handle also includes a latch that latches the guard when the guard is slid into the guarded position and a first button that disengages the latch. The guarded surgical knife handle includes a bias member that forces the guard in a proximal direction to an unguarded position when the latch is disengaged along with a second button extending through the slot used to slide the guard in a distal direction into the guarded position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for unguarding and guarding a surgical knife, comprising:
providing a guarded surgical knife comprising:
a handle portion comprising a blade holder adapted to hold a blade, a chamber within the handle portion, and detent, and a slot;
a guard having an open distal end slidably mounted within the handle portion and operable to slide longitudinally between an unguarded position and a guarded position, wherein the guard is sized to surround the…

Assignees

• Alcon Res Ltd

Inventors

• Auchter Gregory Allen
• Berardi Randal Lee
• Schiff David Robert
• Galewyrick Seth Mccue

Classifications

• Y10T83/04

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• A61B2017/32113

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61B17/3211 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic