US 12,133,630 B2
Surgical sheath system
Peter Dreyfuss, Naples, FL (US); Ryan A. Kellar, Naples, FL (US); Chad Lavender, Hurricane, WV (US); and Matthew Daggett, Leawood, KS (US)
Assigned to ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by ARTHREX, INC., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/584,913.
Prior Publication US 2023/0233066 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 1/00154 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 17/1703 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0409 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical sheath system comprising:
a sheath further comprising:
a hollow shaft; and
a head coupled to and in communication with the hollow shaft, the head further comprising an opening; a head mating feature inside the opening; and a plurality of threads on an outer surface, wherein the plurality of threads surround the opening of the head;
a camera removably couplable to the sheath, the camera further comprising a camera mating feature configured to mate with the head mating feature in the sheath head to removably couple the camera to the the sheath, wherein one of the head mating feature and the camera mating feature comprises a detent and the other of the head mating feature and camera mating feature comprises a slot;
a drill guide removably couplable to the sheath, the drill guide further comprising a distal end comprising a threaded opening configured to engage with the plurality of threads on the outer surface of the sheath head to removably couple the drill guide to the sheath; and
a drill removably insertable into the drill guide.