Patent ID: 7931648
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of performing a surgical procedure, comprising: providing a surgical glove comprising a first and a second surgical support system attached to the surgical glove, wherein the first surgical support system comprises a first surgical instrument and a first conduit, and the second surgical support system comprises a second surgical instrument and a second conduit, and wherein the first and second conduits are coupled to the glove with each of the first and second conduits traversing a mid-coronal plane of a finger of the glove, wherein each of the first and second surgical support systems are attached to the index finger, the long finger or the little finger, wherein the glove further comprises a first switch attached to the glove for controlling a first surgical support system and a second switch attached to the glove for controlling a second surgical support system, wherein said first switch is attached to a finger of the glove to which the first surgical support system is attached and said second switch is attached to a finger of the glove to which the second surgical support system is attached, and wherein a portion of each of the first and second surgical support systems and each of the first and second switches is coupled to a radial or ulnar surface of a finger of the surgical glove such that the first and second surgical instruments may be actuated by the person to which the surgical glove is attached; attaching the glove to a person conducting a surgical procedure before commencing the surgical procedure; wherein the first surgical support system remains attached to the person throughout the surgical procedure eliminating a need to retrieve surgical implements that otherwise rest on a surgical field; and actuating the first and second surgical instruments as part of a surgical procedure performed by the person.