Patent ID: 9332997
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A device for indicating one or more sizes for cutting into an object by a cutting tool, the device comprising: a first arm having an elongated main part, a first end, and a second end, the first and second ends of the first arm being positioned on opposite sides of the elongated main part, the second end of the first arm having markings to indicate a cutting size; a second arm extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end of the second arm, the second arm having a second aperture sized to accommodate slideable displacement of the elongated main part within the second aperture as the first arm is displaced along a first axis and a second axis, the first axis being arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the second axis being arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis, the first end of the first arm extending away from the elongated main part in a direction that is parallel to the longitudinal axis; and a body having a first opening and a second opening, the first opening in communication with the second opening, the first opening sized to accommodate placement of the body about the second arm, the second opening sized to accommodate adjustable passage of the first arm through the body; and wherein the first end of the first arm and the first end of the second arm are separable by a distance substantially equal to a length of the cutting tool, and the first end of the first arm and a central axis of the second aperture in the second arm are separable by a plurality of discrete distances, each discrete distance being substantially equal to a cutting size such that when the device is aligned with the object to be cut, the device indicates the cutting size.