Patent ID: 11931051
Assignee: STEENSEN ORTHOPEDICS SYSTEMS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A cartilage thickness gauge comprising:
a trailing end distally disposed from a leading end;
a shaft portion extending from the trailing end toward the leading end;
wherein the shaft portion comprises:
a solid portion and a hollow portion, the hollow portion extending from a leading end of the solid portion to the leading end of the shaft, thereby providing a lengthwise hollow tube inside the leading end of the shaft,
wherein the hollow portion of the shaft comprises areas defining opposing cut-outs on the leading end to form opposing sharp tips,

a slot extending along the hollow portion,
thickness indicia disposed adjacent to the slot,
a piston slidingly engaged in the hollow portion, the piston having a piston trailing end configured to abut against an end of an interior biasing spring and a distally disposed piston leading end, the piston leading end configured not to penetrate a cartilage.