Medtronic, Inc.

Debbie L Kirihara

Kenneth C Gardeski

Andrzej M Malewicz

Stanten C Spear

Jeremy J Odegard

Jeff Jannicke

Richard Patrick Manahan

David A Schuelke

Elizabeth A Ellingson

A slitting tool for severing a tubular body includes a body portion, extending along a first axis, joined to a nose portion extending along a second axis, the second axis extending at an angle between approximately 5 degrees and approximately 90 degrees with respect to the first axis. The nose portion includes means for severing the tubular body while the body portion includes means for gripping by a hand of a user such that a wrist of the hand is in a neutral position when the means for severing is directed toward the tubular body.

Slitting tool

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St. Louis Park, MN, United States of America

Debbie L Kirihara