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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 15, 2012
David J. Mcnally, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Kim H. Manwaring, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Mark Stringham, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Mark Shafer, West Valley City, UT (US);
David J. McNally, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Kim H. Manwaring, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Mark Stringham, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Mark Shafer, West Valley City, UT (US);
Domain Surgical, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument guide for facilitating treatment of a target tissue is provided. The surgical instrument guide may be placed between two groups of tissue such that a first group of tissue is cut and a second group of tissue is protected from being cut. The surgical instrument guide may lift tissue and slide tissue along a surface so that a target tissue may be cut to a desired depth more easily during a surgical procedure. The surgical instrument guide may be releasably attachable to a surgical instrument or integrally formed therewith.