Patent ID: 7717860

Claim:
A cutting guide instrument, comprising: (a) a platform, wherein the platform defines a plane, wherein the platform comprises: (i) at least one aperture edge defining an aperture to provide a biopsy guide, wherein the aperture has a periphery, (ii) a first side proximate to the at least one aperture edge, (iii) a second side proximate to the at least one aperture edge, wherein the first and second sides are generally opposite relative to the aperture, and (iv) a substantially planar blunt portion adjacent to the at least one aperture edge, wherein the substantially planar blunt portion extends about the periphery of the aperture, wherein the substantially planar blunt portion is structurally configured such that the substantially planar blunt portion is positionable directly against a patient's skin without any portion of the cutting guide instrument penetrating the patient's skin; (b) a first wing extending from the first side; (c) a second wing extending from the second side; (d) a first curved member extending from the first wing and generally inwardly relative to the aperture to overlap the first wing, such that an overlapping portion of the first curved member is separated from the first wing to define an empty space between the overlapping portion and the first wing; and (e) a second curved member extending from the second wing and generally inwardly relative to the aperture to overlap the second wing, such that an overlapping portion of the second curved member is separated from the second wing to define an empty space between the overlapping portion and the second wing; wherein the first curved member curves upwardly then inwardly toward the second curved member, wherein the second curved member curves upwardly then inwardly toward the first curved member; wherein the first and second curved members have a size, shape, opposing arrangement, and rigidity such that the first and second curved members are configured to be held by the application of forces exerted outwardly relative to the first and second sides of the platform by respective first and second fingers of a user, with the first and second fingers being positioned under the overlapping portions of the first and second curved members.