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Carpal tunnel release apparatus and method

  • US 6,019,774 A
  • Filed: 12/10/1998
  • Issued: 02/01/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A surgical knife apparatus for performing carpal tunnel release surgery, said knife apparatus comprising:

  • (a) an elongated handle having a forward portion and a rearward portion with said forward portion of said handle terminating in a cutting head; and

    (b) said cutting head having a top edge and a bottom edge, and said cutting head terminating in a substantially linear cutting edge extending from proximate said bottom edge of said cutting head toward said top edge of said cutting head, and said cutting edge intersecting and forming an angle with an upper guide finger which projects forwardly past said cutting edge and which at least partially forms said top edge of said cutting head.

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