Surgical cutter
First Claim
1. A surgical cutting instrument which comprises:
- an outer tubular member having a closed distal end, a first aperture defined therein adjacent to the closed distal end and being in communication with the hollow of the outer tubular member, and a longitudinal axis, said aperture being delimited by opposed distal and proximal edges;
an inner tubular member, slidably disposed in the outer tubular member, having a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the outer tubular member and an open distal end, wherein the inner tubular member slides along its longitudinal axis between first and second positions and cooperates with the outer tubular member to provide a scissor action thereby cutting a portion of an object which has protruded inwardly through the aperture in the outer tubular member during a reciprocating motion of the inner tubular member relative to the outer tubular member;
suction means for protruding inwardly said object through the aperture in the outer tubular member and sucking said portion through the hollow of the inner tubular member to the outside of the instrument; and
whereinsaid inner tubular member has first and second opposed edges defined therein, adjacent to the open distal end, each of said first and second edges having an edge face lying generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the inner tubular member, said first edge being utilized to cut a first portion of the object which has protruded inwardly through the aperture due to the suction means during the axial movement of the inner tubular member from the first position towards the second position and the second edge being utilized to cut a second portion of the object which has protruded inwardly through the aperture due to the suction means during the axial movement of the inner tubular member from the second position towards the first position.
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Abstract
A surgical cutting instrument having an outer tubular member with a closed distal end, and an aperture therein which is adjacent to the closed distal end and which is in communication with the hollow of the outer tubular member. The instrument also includes an inner tube slidably disposed in the outer tube such that it reciprocates between first and second positions. The instrument also has a suction device which draws a portion of an object inwardly through the aperture. The inner tubular member has first and second edges which cooperate with the aperture such that when the suction device draws a first portion of the object into the aperture, the first edge cuts this portion away as the inner tubular member moves from the first position to the second position. However, when the suction device draws a second portion of the object into the aperture, the second edge cuts this portion away as the inner tubular member moves from the first position to the second position.
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5 Claims
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1. A surgical cutting instrument which comprises:
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an outer tubular member having a closed distal end, a first aperture defined therein adjacent to the closed distal end and being in communication with the hollow of the outer tubular member, and a longitudinal axis, said aperture being delimited by opposed distal and proximal edges; an inner tubular member, slidably disposed in the outer tubular member, having a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the outer tubular member and an open distal end, wherein the inner tubular member slides along its longitudinal axis between first and second positions and cooperates with the outer tubular member to provide a scissor action thereby cutting a portion of an object which has protruded inwardly through the aperture in the outer tubular member during a reciprocating motion of the inner tubular member relative to the outer tubular member; suction means for protruding inwardly said object through the aperture in the outer tubular member and sucking said portion through the hollow of the inner tubular member to the outside of the instrument; and
whereinsaid inner tubular member has first and second opposed edges defined therein, adjacent to the open distal end, each of said first and second edges having an edge face lying generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the inner tubular member, said first edge being utilized to cut a first portion of the object which has protruded inwardly through the aperture due to the suction means during the axial movement of the inner tubular member from the first position towards the second position and the second edge being utilized to cut a second portion of the object which has protruded inwardly through the aperture due to the suction means during the axial movement of the inner tubular member from the second position towards the first position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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