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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Kenneth C. Gardeski, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jeff J. Jannicke, Andover, MN (US);
Stanten C. Spear, Arden Hills, MN (US);
David A. Schuelke, Stillwater, MN (US);
Debbie L. Kirihara, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Elizabeth A. Ellingson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jeremy J. Odegard, River Falls, WI (US);
Richard P. Manahan, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Andrzej M. Malewicz, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kenneth C. Gardeski, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jeff J. Jannicke, Andover, MN (US);
Stanten C. Spear, Arden Hills, MN (US);
David A. Schuelke, Stillwater, MN (US);
Debbie L. Kirihara, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Elizabeth A. Ellingson, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Jeremy J. Odegard, River Falls, WI (US);
Richard P. Manahan, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
Andrzej M. Malewicz, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
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.