US 12,029,401 B2
Cutting tool for the horizontal incision of a tendon
Luka Cakic, Castel San Pietro (CH); Francesco Siccardi, Castel San Pietro (CH); Sascha Berberich, Castel San Pietro (CH); Riccardo Lucchini, Castel San Pietro (CH); and Gianluca Parisi, Castel San Pietro (CH)
Assigned to Medacta International SA, Castel San Pietro (CH)
Appl. No. 17/276,033
Filed by MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL SA, Castel San Pietro (CH)
PCT Filed Jul. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/056262
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/053675, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000008559 (IT), filed on Sep. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0047253 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3209 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/00008 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3209 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00455 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00738 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00969 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting tool for a horizontal incision of tendons, the cutting tool comprising:
a stem extending along a longitudinal axis, the stem having a distal end and a proximal end, and
a cutting head, located close to said distal end, the cutting head having a base plate, the base plate having a longitudinal extension axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of said stem, and a blade extending on a plane parallel to said base plate, wherein said blade has a plurality of cutting edges inclined with respect to said longitudinal extension axis of said base plate according to different angles, so as to identify at least two vertices defined by two V-shaped profiles, wherein the plurality of cutting edges is inclined on the plane parallel to said base plate.