Patent ID: 8814870
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An ultrasonic surgical blade comprising a blade body and a shank, the shank being fixed at one end to the blade body and operatively connectable at an opposite end to a source of ultrasonic vibrations, the shank having a longitudinal axis, the shank having a shank width in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis, the blade body having a hook portion and an elongate portion connecting said hook portion to said shank, said elongate portion having a blade width in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis, the blade width being substantially less than the shank width, said elongate portion of the blade body having a thickness substantially less than the blade width, the blade body having said hook portion at a distal end and opposite the shank, the blade body and the shank defining a cutout or recess between the shank at a proximal end and the hook portion at the distal end of the blade body, the shank being formed with a longitudinal bore or channel communicating directly with the cutout or recess at a proximal end thereof, the blade body including the hook portion and an elongate portion located entirely to one side of the axis, the elongate portion including a first edge and a second edge substantially parallel to one another and to the axis, at least one of the first edge and the second edge including a sharp section.