Patent ID: 7951145

Claim:
A surgical system, comprising: a glove configured to be removably attached to a human hand, said, glove comprising: a first and second surgical support system attached to the surgical glove, wherein the first surgical support system comprises a first surgical instrument and a first conduit, wherein the second surgical support system comprises a second surgical instrument and a second conduit, and wherein the first and second conduits are coupled to the glove, with each of the first and second conduits traversing a mid-coronal plane of a finger of the glove, wherein each of the first and second surgical support systems are attached to an index finger, a long finger or a little finger of said surgical glove; a first switch attached to the glove for controlling the first surgical support system, said first switch attached to a finger of the glove to which the first surgical support system is attached; and a second switch attached to the glove for controlling the second surgical support system, said second switch attached to a finger of the glove to which the second surgical support system is attached, and wherein the first and second switches are attached to a radial or ulnar surface of said index finger, said long finger or said little finger of said glove and are operable by a thumb of a human hand in the surgical glove, wherein said thumb of said glove is free of surgical support systems.