US 12,268,810 B2
Emergency incision and dilation apparatus and method
Melissa Montgomery, Alexandria, VA (US); Aaron James Tolly, Fishers, IN (US); and Jarrett Waters, Camby, IN (US)
Assigned to Wolf Technical Services, Inc., Fishers, IN (US)
Appl. No. 17/610,645
Filed by Wolf Technical Services, Inc., Fishers, IN (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 2, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/035763
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/247396, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/856,126, filed on Jun. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211959 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3211 (2006.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0003 (2014.02) [A61B 17/3211 (2013.01); A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320052 (2013.01); A61M 2029/025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An incision and dilation apparatus for performing an incision in and dilating select tissue of a mammal, comprising:
a blade member including a blade having a cutting edge;
a dilator configured to dilate the select tissue;
a frame including a blade guide, the frame adapted to position the blade guide over the select tissue, the blade guide configured to retain the blade member in first and second perpendicular directions and allow substantially linear movement of the blade member in a third direction, the frame further supporting the dilator and allowing movement of the dilator in the third direction;
wherein the dilator includes a second blade guide configured to retain the blade member in first and second perpendicular directions and allow substantially linear movement of the blade member relative to the dilator in a third direction.
 
13. An incision and dilation apparatus for performing an incision in and dilating select tissue of a mammal, comprising:
a blade member including a blade;
a dilator configured to dilate the select tissue;
a frame including a blade guide, the frame adapted to position the blade guide over the select tissue, the blade guide configured to retain the blade member in first and second perpendicular directions and allow substantially linear movement of the blade member in a third direction, the frame further supporting the dilator and allowing movement of the dilator in the third direction; and
a removable clip extending over and engaging a portion the dilator and the blade member to restrict movement of at least the blade member.