An apparatus includes a shaft assembly, an end effector, and a sensor. The shaft assembly defines a longitudinal axis. The end effector is positioned at a distal end of the shaft assembly. A portion of the end effector is offset from the longitudinal axis. The sensor is configured to generate a signal in response to a magnetic field. The signal is configured to indicate a position of the end effector within three-dimensional space. The sensor is coaxially positioned about the longitudinal axis.

A method of cutting soft tissue in a hand to treat trigger finger involves advancing an introducer shaft into the hand to position a distal end of the introducer shaft beyond a pulley in a finger of the hand, advancing a blade along a guiding channel on an upper surface of the introducer shaft, to position a distal end of the blade at or near the distal end of the introducer shaft, and rotating a cutting surface of the blade to an orientation at or near perpendicular relative to the upper surface of the introducer shaft. The method further involves retracting the blade along the introducer shaft to cut the pulley and removing the introducer shaft and the blade from the hand.

A medical device having an elongate body with a proximal portion, a distal portion, and defining a lumen therethrough. The medical device has an expandable element coupled to the distal portion of the elongate body, the expandable element defining a proximal portion, a distal portion opposite the proximal portion and an intermediate portion disposed between the proximal portion and the distal portion. The expandable element also has an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. The medical device has a plurality of cutting members, each cutting member being coupled with the outer surface of the expandable element, each cutting member having a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, the proximal end being proximate the proximal portion of the expandable element and the distal end being proximate to the intermediate portion of the expandable element.

This invention encompasses an innovative set of instruments (BA.P.LAT 1, BA.P.LAT 2, BA.P.LAT 3) and an associated surgical method designed to simplify nerve lateralization & transposition in oral surgery. The instruments facilitate safe handling, mobilization, and protection of the inferior alveolar nerve, enabling safer and more effective placement of dental implants. This invention represents a significant advancement in oral surgery, making the procedure safer, more efficient, and accessible to a wider range of surgeons.

A device for treating Dupuytren's contracture in a hand of a patient includes a handle, a shaft extending from the handle and sized to fit through a small incision on the hand and under a target tissue, a sharp distal tip on the shaft, a retrograde blade on the shaft, facing proximally toward the handle, and an opening in the shaft, adjacent the retrograde blade. In alternative embodiments, the retrograde blade faces either upward or downward relative to the shaft. Optionally, the treatment device may include a blade protector slidably disposed along the shaft from the handle to the retrograde blade and a slider on the handle, connected to the blade protector, to slide the blade protector along the shaft from a blade protecting position to a blade exposed position.

An anchoring device, including a finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining two side walls joined at an end wall, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining a finger mounting axis, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining a work channel axis along one of the side walls, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining an aperture lying generally in an aperture plane angled with respect to the finger mounting axis and with respect to the work channel axis, the finger-mountable work channel defining assembly defining at least one protrusion adjacent to the aperture, an anchor insertion assembly arranged for axial displacement along the work channel axis with respect to the aperture so as to intersect the aperture plane and an anchor assembly including at least an anchoring portion and a flexible elongate portion attached thereto, the anchoring portion having a pre-anchoring operative orientation and an anchoring operative orientation.

A female insertion system is provided. The system includes a conformable insert shaped for insertion into one or more structures of a female human that are associated with at least one of reproduction and one or more erogenous zones; one or more sensors, at least one of the sensors included in the insert, and configured to measure and to relay data, wherein the data is acquired on one of a one-time basis and a multiple-time basis included one of a non-continuous period, a continuous period, and an intermittent temporal period; and a processor configured to: control the insert; generate a treatment for one of the structures of the female human; store the data; and based on the data, automatically affect one or more of the structures via the insert.

The present disclosure is directed to devices, kits, and methods for treating lumbar spinal stenosis by at least partially decompressing a compressed nerve root. The method can include identifying the compressed nerve root and percutaneously accessing a region of a lamina located adjacent to the compressed nerve root. The method can also include forming a channel through the region of the lamina, wherein the channel can be formed medial to a lateral border of the lamina. Further, the method can include expanding the channel in a lateral direction.

A multipurpose tourniquet is disclosed, which includes a pressurizing portion that applies pressure to a puncture site and a dial portion including a central shaft axially coupled to one surface of the pressurizing portion and a handle spirally coupled to the central shaft to raise and lower the pressurizing portion, includes a support plate portion having one surface penetrated so that the central shaft is inserted thereinto, the support plate portion being seated on one surface of the pressurizing portion, and a band portion fixed by the handle which is seated on one surface of the support plate portion and spirally coupled to the central shaft.

An awl-tap-dilator tool used in a single step surgical technique, includes an elongated shaft having a beveled tip at a distal end, a drill-tap section adjacent to the beveled tip, and a dilator section adjacent to the drill-tap section. The beveled tip is used for piercing a bone and locate an appropriate trajectory under fluoroscopy. The drill-tap section is used for drilling and tapping the bone in order to form a bone opening. The dilator section surrounds the elongated shaft, has a larger diameter than the elongated shaft, and is used for dilating tissue around and above the bone opening.