Patent ID: 6793662
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A one piece surgical device for perforating an amniotic membrane, the device comprising a tapered elongate body having a substantially uniform, relatively narrow thickness defining a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, the body including a tip portion, a handle portion opposite the tip portion, elongate recesses on the first and second sides of the body between the tip portion and the handle portion, wherein the tip portion includes a blunt end surface on the first edge thereof and a hook portion projecting toward the handle portion on the second edge thereof, wherein the handle portion includes one or more raised orientation indicating surfaces located on the first and second sides of the handle portion closely adjacent the first edge, and wherein the handle portion is substantially devoid of raised orientation indicating surfaces adjacent the second edge.