Granted Patent B2

US 12,458,388 · App. 17/302,693 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Inventor: Stuart Seymour (Carlsbad, CA)

Assignee: Trice Medical, Inc.

A61B17/320016A61B17/14A61B17/320036A61B1/00165A61B17/1604A61B2017/320052A61B2090/306A61B2090/3614

Abstract

Claims (13)

1 . A surgical device comprising:

a first member extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the first member comprising an open first channel and an open second channel, the first channel positioned adjacent the second channel, the second channel separated from the first channel by a separating wall;

a first aperture positioned on a front face of the first member, the first aperture communicating with said first channel, the first aperture sized to accommodate translation of a cabled imaging component therethrough, the cabled imaging component configured to communicate images of areas around the surgical device;

a first viewing aperture positioned on a floor of the first channel and extending along at least part of the floor of the first channel, the first viewing aperture configured to provide a view of tissue surrounding said surgical device to said cabled imaging component;

a cooperating removable second member; and,

a second viewing aperture extending along at least a part of the second member opposite the first viewing aperture

wherein the front face of the first member comprises an opening communicating with the second channel, the opening configured to receive a surgical cutting knife, the second channel configured to provide a guided translational pathway for said surgical cutting knife.

2 . The surgical device of claim 1 , wherein the second member is configured to slide into the first member.

3 . The surgical device of claim 1 , wherein the second member comprises a third channel and a fourth channel.

4 . The surgical device of claim 3 , wherein the second member is configured such that an open face of the first channel and open face of the second channel face the third channel and the fourth channel.

5 . The surgical device of claim 3 , wherein the second member comprises a second aperture configured to accommodate translation of the cabled imaging component therethrough.

6 . The surgical device of claim 1 , further comprising a gap between the first member and the second member.

7 . The surgical device of claim 6 , wherein the gap is configured to provide a protective cutting space for sandwiched engagement of tissue.

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