61 |
Wand-style surgical instrument with lockable throttle |
US182422 |
1998-10-30 |
US6007540A |
1999-12-28 |
Timmon Ark |
A surgical instrument having a locking throttle mechanism. The throttle is pivotally mounted to a wand-type housing by a hinge, and the housing includes a tool tip and a connecting mechanism. The throttle fits in an indented portion of the housing when it is in an ON position. An actuating switch is placed under the throttle and is controlled by a sliding grip/safety switch located on the throttle. A slidable locking mechanism is placed within a cavity of the throttle and may be moved between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, a portion of the slidable locking mechanism communicates with a locking cavity proximate to the lip of the housing. A spring is located between the throttle and the housing and urges the throttle into an OFF position and is compressed when the throttle is advanced downward towards the housing. |
62 |
Vaginal speculum with light guide means |
US260355 |
1999-03-01 |
US6004265A |
1999-12-21 |
Jin-cherng Hsu; Chen-Ke Hsu |
A vaginal speculum having an upper blade and a lower blade pivoted together and adjusting screw means mounted operated to close/open the upper blade and the lower blade, wherein a longitudinally extended light guide is formed integral with an inside wall of the upper blade, having a rear end for connection to light source means by an optical fiber tube for guiding in light for illumination. |
63 |
Surgical saw blade |
US212393 |
1994-03-10 |
US5423845A |
1995-06-13 |
John M. McDaniel |
A blade for a surgical saw has an elongate body with distal and proximal ends, and a plurality of teeth formed on an outwardly facing edge surface of the distal end. The spaces between adjacent teeth are defined by surfaces which lie in planes which are non-perpendicular to the substantially flat surfaces which define the body of the blade. These non-perpendicular surfaces guide cuttings generated by the teeth laterally toward the flat surfaces of the blade and outwardly toward the proximal end of the blade as the blade advances in a cut. Each of the teeth formed on the edge of the blade has a pointed form. Approximately half of the teeth lie in a row in which the respective points lie in a first cutting plane which extends in parallel with, and lies adjacent a first side of, a plane which extends longitudinally through the center of the blade body. The remaining teeth have points which lie in a second row in a second cutting plane which extends in parallel with, and lies adjacent a second side of, the plane which extends longitudinally through the blade body. The teeth have triangular cross-sections and are formed on alternatingly intersecting angled surfaces formed on the distal edge. The base of each tooth lies in the same plane as the surface upon which the tooth is formed. Each tooth has two side surfaces extending upwardly from the base and intersecting above the base to form a point. In the embodiment illustrated, the side surfaces are shaped as parallelograms and share a common side so as to form a knife-edge cutting surface which extends from the point backwardly toward the proximal end of the blade. |
64 |
Package for a device having a sharp cutting edge |
US278131 |
1994-07-21 |
US5392910A |
1995-02-28 |
Bruce M. Bell; Steven W. Butler |
A package for a device having a sharp cutting edge, such as a bone saw, includes a tray having a bottom surface, a top surface and side walls. The side walls are connected between the bottom surface and the top surface. The top surface includes an upwardly facing central recessed portion for engaging a device such as a bone saw. The tray defines a downwardly facing recessed area adjacent the central portion. A protective strip of cushioning material is disposed within the downwardly facing recessed area and extends above and below the central portion. The protective strip prevents the device from engaging the side walls and is formed of a plastic sponge material which is soft, resilient and tear-resistant. A cover secured to the bottom surface of the tray retains the protective strip in operative position. |
65 |
Method and apparatus for treating female urinary incontinence |
US978886 |
1992-11-19 |
US5328077A |
1994-07-12 |
Ek-Seng Lou |
An improved laparoscopic technique for treating female urinary incontinence and devices for use therein. These devices include an urethral sound, a stapling device, and a staple saw. The sound is substantially L-shaped having a handle at one end and a probe tip at the opposite end. The probe tip has a plurality of beads protruding therefrom which are observable through the wail of the bladder enabling the junction between the lower border of the bladder and urethra to be located. The stapling device attaches the pelvic floor to the pubic bone. The stapling device comprises of a handle, a stapling head, and an elongated member extending therebetween. The stapling head is pivotally attached to the elongated member. A push rod advances a pair of target pins to anchor the pelvic floor to the pubic bone. A small trigger loads staples into a discharge chamber. A large trigger discharges staples from the stapling head into the pelvic floor and pubic bone. The travel of the staple is limited by a stop plate which prevents the staple from being driven through the pelvic floor. In the event the staple is incorrectly discharged, the staple saw is provided for severing the staples and prying the severed staples apart releasing the pelvic floor therefrom. The staple saw is comprised of a handle, a hook for grappling the staple, and an elongated member extending therebetween. A trigger advances a saw blade. A crank manually drives the saw blade. |
66 |
Stepped surgical saw blade |
US607845 |
1990-11-01 |
US5178626A |
1993-01-12 |
Michael J. Pappas |
A surgical saw having a base blade portion, a plurality of staggered teeth and an intermediate blade portion, the thickness of which is less than the thickness of the base blade portion. The thickness of the intermediate blade portion is sufficiently less than the thickness of the base blade portion to permit passage of bone cuttings and other material away from the staggered teeth during operation of the surgical saw. |
67 |
Saw blade with aperture |
US418070 |
1982-09-14 |
US4513742A |
1985-04-30 |
Richard E. Arnegger |
The present invention covers a saw blade having a row of teeth with a unique arrangement along its edge and the blade has at least one closed aperture which extends in the direction away from the row of teeth, wherein the part of the saw blade between the row of teeth and the aperture comprises a strip-like element. |
68 |
Surgical saw blade |
US30693 |
1979-04-16 |
US4461296A |
1984-07-24 |
Joseph Hodge |
A saw blade is adapted for attachment to a power operated surgical saw having a blade element with teeth disposed along at least a portion of the periphery of same to define a cutting surface and having a saw connector receiving opening therein. A guard element is secured to the blade portion on at least one side thereof and extends outwardly therefrom in a direction transverse to the major axis of the blade. The guard portions are set at a predetermined distance from the cutting surface so as to define a depth of cut of the saw blade, whereby a surgeon may utilize the blade, either rotary type, or oscillatory type for sternal splitting incisions without the danger of too deep a cut to a point where injury to the heart and great vessels can occur. Likewise, blades according to the present invention can be utilized with greater safety for the patient in removal of casts and for orthopedic surgical purposes. |
69 |
Surgical saw |
US619580 |
1975-10-06 |
US4036236A |
1977-07-19 |
Earl H. Rhodes, Jr. |
A blade for a surgical saw having a handpiece, a chuck and drive means for reciprocating the chuck in an axial direction. The blade is long, relatively thin and has an integral ridge on one side thereof extending lengthwise thereof. The ridge is intermediate of and spaced from the lengthwise edges of the blade. The ridge is on one side only of the blade. A shank is secured to one end of the blade for engagement by the chuck. |
70 |
Surgical saw blade |
US153871 |
1993-11-16 |
US6022353A |
2000-02-08 |
Henry Hasbrouck Fletcher; Michael Gerard Fisher |
A cutting saw blade for use with an oscillatory power tool used in surgical bone cutting procedures including a blade having a distal end provided with teeth whose tips are located on a tangent line perpendicular to the long axis of the blade. The teeth are configured substantially as right triangles with their hypotenuses facing either towards the center of the blade or away from the center of the blade. A central tooth can be optionally provided. |
71 |
Surgical saw blade hub |
US57213 |
1996-07-19 |
USD394315S |
1998-05-12 |
Michael G. Fisher |
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72 |
Surgical saw and methods therefor |
US665832 |
1996-06-19 |
US5725530A |
1998-03-10 |
John A. Popken |
A surgical saw includes a saw assembly for being driven by a powered surgical handpiece and having a pair of parallel, co-planar guide arms, a pair of flexible, endless cutting bands disposed around the guide arms, respectively, and a drive mechanism for driving the cutting bands around the guide arms in a cutting direction. The cutting bands each include a plurality of spaced cutting teeth connected to one another by flexible band segments. The cutting bands are driven by the drive mechanism relative to the guide arms in opposite directions along defined paths to cut anatomical tissue at distal ends of the guide arms. A method of resecting bone includes the steps of driving the cutting bands relative to the guide arms in the cutting direction along the defined paths and inserting the distal ends of the guide arms in the bone to resect the bone along the plane of the guide arms. |
73 |
Saw blade for parting cuts made in an oscillating or rotary manner |
US284342 |
1994-08-02 |
US5569257A |
1996-10-29 |
Richard E. Arnegger; Antonius G. M. Gunnewijk; Thomas Maurer |
The saw blade has a non-cutting blade area (2), whose thickness D is smaller than the width of cut S of its cutting area (4). The non-cutting blade area (2) has on either side a thin surface coating (11) of a relatively soft and biologically neutral precious metal. This leads to much better cutting characteristics and to reduced friction. The saw blade is particularly suitable for bone surgery. |
74 |
Bone face cutter |
US928961 |
1992-08-11 |
US5336226A |
1994-08-09 |
John M. McDaniel; Michael W. Kiser |
A power operable bone facing cutter has a body with a pilot hole or stem for orientation with the bone to be faced. A cutter disk is removably fastened to the working end of the body and has a cutting edge lying in a plane perpendicular to the pilot axis. The cutting edge extends from a circle centered on the axis, outward to an outer circular edge. The cutting edge is at an angle with respect to a radius from the axis to cut toward the axis as the cutter is rotated. A chip escape slot is provided in the disk and body above the cutting edge. The rest of the bottom surface of the cutter disk is flat to provide a supporting surface spaced at a gage height from the plane of the cutting edge to provide optimum cutting while the supporting surface prevents excessively rapid or deep cutting, thus producing a skiving action. |
75 |
Irrigating saw blade |
US581935 |
1990-09-13 |
US5122142A |
1992-06-16 |
John H. Pascaloff |
The surgical saw blade includes a main body portion and a cover portion joined to provide an enclosed manifold space. Irrigation channels extend from the manifold space to saw teeth provided on the saw blade. In one embodiment of the invention the saw teeth are provided at an end portion of the saw blade. In another embodiment of the invention the irrigation channels extend toward saw teeth provided along the longitudinal side edge of the saw blade. In either embodiment of the invention the irrigation channels commonly communicate with the fluid manifold and are uniformly distributed among the cutting teeth to provide a uniform distribution of fluid during a cutting action. Depending upon the positioning of the saw teeth on the blade and the movement provided to the blade, one embodiment of the saw blade can be used for oscillatory cutting action and another embodiment of the saw blade can be used for reciprocating cutting action. |
76 |
Triplanar knee resection system |
US651681 |
1984-09-18 |
US4567885A |
1986-02-04 |
Gary W. Androphy |
An improved triplanar knee resection system is provided for preparing a knee joint for a prosthesis. The apparatus of the triplanar knee system includes a single guide member for use in resecting the distal femoral condyles, the proximal tibia, and the distal femur. The guide member cooperates with a simplified set of instruments, including femur and tibia guide rods, a tibia adaptor, a tibia bar, and a femur bar, for establishing equal flexion and extension gaps and triplanar resections. The method of the triplanar knee system provides a simplified procedure for use by an orthopedic surgeon in properly preparing a knee joint for implantation of a prosthesis. |
77 |
Cutting blade for use with an oscillating cutting device |
US36865673 |
1973-06-11 |
US3852881A |
1974-12-10 |
TREACE J |
A cutting blade for use in cutting off fracture-fixation pins with an oscillating cutting device. At least one elongated aperture with a plurality of hollow-ground saw teeth located on its periphery is provided on the blade to smoothly cut off the fracture-fixation pins. An attachment member is provided on the cutting blade to attach it to the oscillating cutting device.
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78 |
Leopold stkener |
US1322644D |
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US1322644A |
1919-11-25 |
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79 |
Cranial saw. |
US1904237265 |
1904-12-17 |
US803498A |
1905-10-31 |
MASLAND HARVEY C |
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80 |
roberts |
US436804D |
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US436804A |
1890-09-23 |
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