Patent ID: 8308662

Claim:
A measuring device for measuring a depth of a tear of a tissue and a total thickness of the tissue, the measuring device comprising: a member having a shaft and a distal tip, there being a plurality of indicia on the shaft of the member; and a cannulated member into which the member is slidably disposed; wherein the plurality of indicia comprises: a first plurality of indicia disposed on a distal portion of the shaft that is readable to measure the depth of the tear when the distal tip of the member is positioned at the distal margin of the tear and the measuring device is positioned substantially tangential to the tear; and a second plurality of indicia disposed on a proximal portion of the shaft that is readable to measure a total thickness of the tissue when the cannulated member is moved so that a distal end thereof is substantially at a proximal margin of the tissue while maintaining the position of the distal tip at the distal margin.