Patent ID: 8007278

Claim:
An instrument for performing periodontal surgery, comprising: a handle having a linear length portion that has a single linear axial dimension; a connector section comprising a first end and a second end, the first end connecting to the handle; and, a blade section consisting of no more than one linear lengthwise dimension extending from the second end of the connector section; wherein, the connector section consisting of no more than one linear lengthwise dimension extending from the first end to the second end of the connector section; the no more than one linear lengthwise dimension of the connector section intersecting with the single linear axial dimension of the handle; the second end of the connector section is connected to the blade section such that the no more than one linear lengthwise dimension of the connector section intersects with the no more than one linear lengthwise dimension of the blade section; the single linear axial dimension of the handle and the no more than one linear lengthwise dimension of the connector section form a first angle; the no more than one linear lengthwise dimension of the connector section and the no more than one linear lengthwise dimension of the blade section form a second angle; the blade section comprises a cutting surface, said connector section and the handle lay in and extend along a first plane at the first angle in the first plane relative to each other, and the connector section and the cutting surface lay in and extend along a second plane at the second angle in the second plane relative to each other; and the first plane and the second plane are intersecting; a first cutting edge having a linear dimension that is located at one end of the cutting surface and a second cutting edge having a linear dimension that is facing away from the first cutting edge located at an opposing end of the cutting surface.