US 12,150,653 B2
Incision tools and methods of use
Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr, Bloomingdale, NJ (US); Oliver Buchert, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US); Christopher P. Bell, New York, NY (US); Shawn D. Stad, Lakeville, MA (US); Alvin Sarendranath, Hackensack, NJ (US); and Kornelis Poelstra, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Assigned to K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US)
Filed by K2M, Inc., Leesburg, VA (US)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/091,739.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/931,939, filed on Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0137535 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/3209 (2006.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/16 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3209 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 17/1671 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tool for creating an incision at a surgical site comprising:
a body for use with a robotic end effector, the body including a blade attachment portion at a distal portion of the body, and a handle arranged for a user to grip at a proximal portion of the body; and
a blade detachably secured to the body, the blade having a longitudinal axis extending along a direction between a proximal end and a distal end, the blade having a cutting edge symmetric about the longitudinal axis and defining: a first portion including a pair of linear rear cutting edges extending outwardly from or adjacent to the proximal end, a second portion including a pair of linear front cutting edges extending inwardly to a sharp distal tip, and a pair of curved hips transitioning between the linear rear cutting edges and the linear front cutting edges and defining a maximum width of the blade;
wherein the proximal portion of the body forms an attachment assembly, the attachment assembly is a clip assembly including a spring-loaded leaf; and
wherein the proximal portion of the body has a C-shaped cross-section.