Patent ID: 7156839

Claim:
A multi-instrument surgical tool, comprising: a) a housing having a plurality of ports disposed therein, said housing including a corresponding plurality of elongated channels each in communication with a respective one of said plurality of ports; and b) a plurality of surgical instruments mounted in said housing, at least one of said surgical instruments being slidably mounted in one of said plurality of ports for selective deployment from said housing; c) at least one of said instruments having a slide member attached to said instrument and accessible from an exterior of said housing; and d) one of said instruments includes a surgical scalpel which includes: proximal and distal ends, said proximal end being dimensioned to slideably engage one of said ports of said housing and said distal end having a cutting edge; a guard which is movable relative to said scalpel from a first position wherein said guard substantially covers the cutting edge of said scalpel to a second position wherein said cutting edge is exposed.