US 11,937,804 B2
Surgical cutting device
Shai Nachmias, Nahariya (IL); Ran Weisman, Kfar-Vradim (IL); and Aryeh Mirochinik, Akko (IL)
Assigned to T.A.G. Medical Products Corporation Ltd., Kibbutz Gaaton (IL)
Filed by T.A.G. Medical Products Corporation Ltd., Kibbutz Gaaton (IL)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/826,461.
Application 16/826,461 is a continuation of application No. 15/751,867, granted, now 10,595,854, issued on Mar. 24, 2020, previously published as PCT/IL2016/050881, filed on Aug. 11, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/203,741, filed on Aug. 11, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0214693 A1, Jul. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/0467 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0474 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
23. A device for cutting a suture thread, comprising:
an external element having a distal end ; and
a movable cutter having a long axis and a cutting edge movable between a first position and a second position within said external element;
wherein said external element distal end has a suture channel, said suture channel including a distal portion extending proximally and a diagonal portion extending from the distal portion diagonally with respect to said cutter long axis; said suture channel fitted and shaped for holding the suture thread;
and
wherein said cutter includes a distal flange having a gap at a circumference of said distal flange, said gap comprising said cutting edge, and wherein in said first position said suture channel is configured to retain the suture thread therewithin and in said second position said cutting edge is configured to cut the suture thread.