Patent ID: 8425546

Claim:
A surgical knife comprising: an elongated tubular portion having a bore extending therethrough; a handle portion having an internal chamber, said handle portion being coupled to an end of the tubular portion so that the chamber and the bore are in fluid communication with each other, said handle portion further including an outlet suction port in fluid communication with the chamber; and a curved blade head portion mounted to an end of the tubular portion opposite from the handle portion, said head portion including an inlet suction port in fluid communication with the bore and a blade mounted to a surface of the head portion, wherein the inlet suction port is in a tip of the blade head portion at a location that is more distal than the blade and, wherein material that enters the inlet suction port is able to flow through the bore, into the chamber of the handle portion and out of the outlet suction port and, wherein the blade extends an entire length of the blade head portion from a location where the blade head portion is mounted to the end of the elongated portion to a distal tip of the blade head portion.