Claims
- 1. A finger-mount guide for a surgical needle comprising
- an elongate, finger-mountable, body having proximal and distal ends with an open lumen extending between said ends for receiving, freely and slidably, such a needle, and
- an elongate, flexible, touch-sensitive, glance-protective attaching ribbon joined to said body adjacent, and extendible from, the latter's said distal end adjacent one side of the distal end of said lumen, adapted for folding longitudinally smoothly around the end of the user's finger with the guide in place on the finger, thus to promote, for the user, touch sensitivity, and finger/needle protectivity, during a guided surgical procedure.
- 2. The guide of claim 1, wherein said body includes a pair of elongate body segments joined through a frangible web.
- 3. The guide of claim 2 which further includes a lateral entry mouth open to a side of said lumen within the body adjacent one side of said frangible web.
- 4. The guide of claim 2, wherein the end of one of said body segments adjacent said frangible web is structured to act as a depth penetration control.
- 5. The guide of claim 1, wherein said body is characterized by a transverse cross section that has a segment-like configuration including a curvilinear portion.
- 6. The guide of claim 5, wherein said body includes a pair of elongate body segments joined through a frangible web.
- 7. The guide of claim 6 which further includes a lateral entry mouth open to a side of said lumen within the body adjacent one side of said frangible web.
- 8. The guide of claim 6, wherein the end of one of said body segments adjacent said frangible web is structured to act as a depth penetration control.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 218,229, filed July 13, 1988.
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