Patent ID: 9011461
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical instrument for performing circumcision, said instrument comprising: (a) a hollow body having each of an anterior open end and a posterior open end spaced apart from said anterior end along a longitudinal axis of said surgical instrument; (b) a generally dome shaped member having each of a generally semispherical shape, a generally open end thereof disposed on said anterior end of said hollow body and an apex extending outwardly from said anterior end along said longitudinal axis; (c) means for detachably attaching said generally dome shaped member to said anterior end of said hollow body; (d) a plurality of apertures formed in a predetermined pattern through a wall of said generally dome shaped member and sized to pass urine therethrough; and (e) an elongated handle centered on said longitudinal axis and having a portion thereof positioned adjacent a juncture with one of said anterior end of said hollow body and said apex of said generally dome shaped member being weaker than any other portion of said one of said hollow body and said generally dome shaped member, whereby a reciprocation of said elongated handle causes said elongated handle to fracture at said juncture and become detached from said one of said hollow body and said generally dome shaped member.