Patent ID: 11872128
Assignee: LSI SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A modular incision apparatus comprising:
a housing configured to be removably coupled to a receiver of a surgical instrument, the housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the housing having a plurality of walls having interior surfaces that cooperate to at least partially define an interior housing portion; and
a blade configured to displace relative to the housing, the blade comprising:
a pair of slides, wherein each of the pair of slides is elongated and extends from a proximal end to a distal end, and wherein each of the pair of slides is disposed at least partially within the interior housing portion;
a cutting edge coupled to the pair of slides and disposed adjacent to the distal end of each of the pair of slides; and
a coupling connector end disposed adjacent to the proximal end of each of the pair of slides, wherein each of the coupling connector ends is configured to be removably coupled to a driver mechanism of the surgical instrument such that the blade is configured to be displaced by the driver mechanism from a retracted position in which the cutting edge is disposed proximal to the distal end of the housing to an extended position in which the cutting edge is disposed distal to the distal end of the housing; and

a flexible latch that is elongated and extends from a proximal end to a distal end, the flexible latch comprising:
a first latch end extending from the proximal end of the flexible latch, wherein the first latch end is configured to be removably received in a first latch feature formed in a first one of the pair of slides; and
an engagement portion disposed adjacent to the distal end of the flexible latch, wherein the engagement portion is fixedly coupled to a portion of the housing,
wherein the proximal end of the flexible latch is configured to be displaced from a first position in which the first latch end is disposed within the first latch feature to a second position in which the first latch end is disposed remote from the first latch feature, and
wherein when the flexible latch is in the first position, the first latch end operatively engages the first latch feature to prevent the blade from being displaced from the retracted position to the extended position.