Transoral Submandibular Access

Finger Mounted
Intraoral
Dissector

A wearable finger sheath combining loop scissor spreading and Metzenbaum dissection for transoral submandibular access without a transcervical incision.

◎ Concept and mechanism design ongoing · IP landscape search to be initiated

The Problem

Submandibular gland and duct surgery conventionally requires an extraoral transcervical incision, resulting in a visible neck scar with risk to the marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve. Transoral access via the floor of mouth is limited by confined working space where standard scissors cannot be effectively oriented.

The Solution

A finger mounted dissector combining loop scissor spreading action with Metzenbaum scissor tissue separation, worn as a finger sheath, integrating tactile duct palpation with active blunt dissection in a single motion within a space too confined for two handed instrumentation. Eliminates the transcervical incision and its associated morbidity entirely.

Biodesign Stage Progress