Patents by Inventor Edward Akelman

Edward Akelman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Carpal tunnel release apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6019774
    Abstract: A carpal tunnel release apparatus and method including a surgical knife including an elongated handle having a forward portion and a rearward portion with the forward portion of the handle terminating in a cutting head. The cutting head has top edge and a bottom edge with the cutting head terminating in a substantially linear cutting edge extending from proximate the bottom edge of the cutting head toward the top edge of the cutting head. The cutting edge intersects and forms an angle with an upper guide finger which is the only structure which projects forwardly past the plane of the cutting edge and which at least partially forms the top edge of the cutting head. The guide apparatus includes an elongated bar defining one or more elongated grooves therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Kinetikos Medical Incorporated
    Inventors: Arnold Peter Weiss, Edward Akelman, Michael S. Collins