Patent ID: 9398912
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A suture removal tool comprising: an upper arm having; a lower arm having: in an open position, the fixed grasping and cutting end and the springed grasping and fixed cutting end are separated; in a grasping position a first grasping surface of the fixed grasping and cutting end is pressed against a second grasping surface of the springed grasping and fixed cutting end and a first cutting edge of the fixed grasping and cutting end is separated from a second cutting edge of the springed grasping and fixed cutting end, thereby configured to grasp but not cut the suture; and in a cutting position, the first grasping surface of the fixed grasping and cutting end remains pressed against the second grasping surface of the springed grasping and fixed cutting end, and the first cutting edge of the fixed grasping and cutting end slides past the second cutting edge of the springed grasping and fixed cutting end, thereby configured to cut the grasped suture allowing the suture to be removed while still grasped between the fixed grasping surface and the springed grasping surface.