Patent ID: 9119940
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A61M,B26D,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A slitter for slitting a guide catheter, comprising: a handle comprising a forward face, a rear face, and a bottom face extending between the forward face and the rear face; and a blade assembly coupled to the handle comprising a shroud extending at least partially along an axis for receiving an elongated body of a medical device, a user-deflectable portion coupled to the shroud, and a slitting blade having an exposed cutting edge, wherein the shroud extends along the bottom face, and further wherein the user-deflectable portion extends along the rear face at an angle to the axis of the shroud; the shroud being coupled to the user-deflectable portion such that at least a portion of the shroud flexes inward towards the axis of the shroud in response to deflection of the user-deflectable portion into the handle towards the forward face with an elongated body being received by the shroud, and the shroud being coupled to the user-deflectable portion such that at least a portion of the shroud flexes inward towards the axis of the shroud in response to deflection of the user-deflectable portion into the handle towards the forward face without an elongated body or any other object being received by the shroud.