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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2018
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Omer Mei-Dan, Boulder, CO (US);
Jacob Segil, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00309 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00871 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3443 (2013.01);
Abstract
A slotted cannula for surgical procedures is disclosed. The slotted cannula has an elongated semi-circular body comprising a cavity extending along a longitudinal axis of the semi-circular body, the cavity having an open distal end and an open proximate end and an integrally formed outward bend extending curvilinear from the cavity on the proximate end and at least one fold line across the width of the cannula, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The cannula can be bent or broken along the at least one fold line to adjust the operable length of the cannula during a surgical procedure.