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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Surgical Specialties Corporation, Reading, PA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Frederick, Reading, PA (US);
Michael Barnett, Reading, PA (US);
Assignee:
SURGICAL SPECIALTIES CORPORATION, Braintree, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 9/00 (2006.01); B26B 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 9/013 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 9/0133 (2013.01);
Abstract
One or more wedges may be introduced into the bevel of a surgical knife near its tip, to thereby increase the bevel surface area of the knife, and thus increase the cutting edges of the knife, and render the knife more effective and/or easier to use in surgical applications such as ophthalmic procedures.