US 12,465,395 B2
De Quervain's treatment device
Darryl E. Barnes, Eagan, MN (US); Jay Smith, Byron, MN (US); and David Herridge, Mendota Heights, MN (US)
Assigned to SONEX HEALTH, INC., Eagan, MN (US)
Filed by Sonex Health, Inc., Eagan, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/237,087.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/401,018, filed on Aug. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0065726 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/3211 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/3211 (2013.01) [A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2017/32113 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3925 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for treating de Quervain's tenosynovitis, the device comprising:
a handle;
an introducer shaft extending from the handle;
a blade, comprising:
a blade shaft extending along a top surface of the introducer shaft and onto the handle; and
a blade cutting edge that faces towards the handle;
a blade slider attached to a proximal portion of the blade shaft;
a blade pivot attached to at least one of the proximal portion of the blade shaft or the blade slider, wherein the blade pivot is configured to allow the blade slider to rotate in a plane that is perpendicular to a plane of the introducer shaft;
an upper deck along which the blade slider slides in an upper horizontal orientation; and
a lower deck along which the blade slider slides in a lower horizontal orientation.