1. A method comprising:
a mobile station (MS) operating on a licensed communication network via a first radio;
the MS switching operation from the licensed communication network to operating on an unlicensed communication network via a second radio; and
the MS deactivating the first radio after the MS has switched operation to the unlicensed communication network.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the MS detaching a radio resource (RR) sub-layer associated with the licensed communication network prior to deactivating the first radio.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising the MS shutting down a layer 1 protocol layer associated with the licensed communication network prior to deactivating the first radio.
4. The method of claim 2 further comprising:
the RR sub-layer determining whether a camping cell associated with the licensed communication network is available; and
storing the received system information of the camping cell prior to the MS going into the hibernate mode.
5. The method of claim 2 further comprising detecting a condition.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the condition occurs when the MS changes access points as a result of roving or handover.
7. The method of claim 5 wherein the condition occurs when the MS detects that rove-out or handover-out is necessary due to deterioration of unlicensed radio link condition.
8. The method of claim 5 wherein the condition occurs when the MS detects that rove-out or handover-out is necessary due to other conditions not directly related to unlicensed radio condition
9. The method of claim 5 further comprising activating the RR sub-layer associated with the licensed communication network in response to detecting the condition.
10. The method of claim 10 further comprising restoring previously stored system information upon frequencytime synchronization is done.
11. The method of claim 9 further comprising activating the first radio.
12. A mobile station (MS) comprising:
a licensed component to operate on a licensed network; and
an unlicensed component to operate on an unlicensed network, wherein the licensed component is deactivated whenever the MS has switched operation to the unlicensed communication network.
13. The MS of claim 12 wherein the licensed component comprises:
a radio; and
a radio resource (RR) sublayer.
14. The MS of claim 13 wherein the radio is deactivated upon the licensed component becoming deactivated.
15. The MS of claim 14 wherein the radio resource (RR) sub-layer is detached prior to deactivating the first radio.
16. The MS of claim 15 wherein the licensed component further comprises a layer 1 protocol layer that is shut off prior to deactivating the first radio.
17. A system comprising:
a licensed network;
an unlicensed network; and
a mobile station (MS) including:
a licensed component to operate on the licensed network; and
an unlicensed component to operate on the unlicensed network, wherein the licensed component is deactivated whenever the MS has switched operation to the unlicensed communication network.
18. The system of claim 17 wherein the licensed component comprises:
a radio; and
a radio resource (RR) sublayer.
19. The system of claim 18 wherein the radio is deactivated upon the licensed component becoming deactivated.
20. The system of claim 19 wherein the radio resource (RR) sub-layer is detached prior to deactivating the first radio.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A surgical tool for making subcutaneous incisions, the surgical tool comprising:
a handle region;
a cutting tip operably attached to the handle region, the cutting tip having a proximal end proximate the handle region, a distal end, a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end, and a longitudinal cavity between the proximal and distal ends; and
a cutting blade extending along at least a portion of the longitudinal axis of the cutting tip and extending downwardly from a bottom surface of the cutting tip into at least a portion of the longitudinal cavity, the cutting blade having a cutting edge that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cutting tip.
2. The surgical tool according to claim 1, wherein the cutting tip has a substantially convex upper surface.
3. The surgical tool according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the distal end of the cutting tip comprises a substantially flat region for developing a horizontal
plane of dissection.
4. The surgical tool according to claim 1, wherein the cutting tip includes a bottom edge, and the cutting blade does not extend vertically below a plane perpendicular to the cutting blade and bisecting the bottom edge of the cutting tip.
5. The surgical tool according to claim 1, wherein an exposed height of the cutting blade, relative to the bottom surface of the cutting tip, is sized to substantially coincide with a desired incision depth in a tendon sheath.
6. The surgical tool according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the longitudinal cavity is substantially bilaterally symmetrical in cross section about the longitudinal axis of the cutting tip.
7. The surgical tool according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the longitudinal cavity has a surface contour substantially approximating a surface contour of a tendon sheath.
8. The surgical tool according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the longitudinal cavity has a surface contour that is substantially elliptical in cross section.
9. The surgical tool according to claim 1, wherein the cutting blade is moveable back and forth between a deployed position and a retracted position, and wherein at least a portion of the cutting blade is removed from the longitudinal cavity of the cutting tip when the cutting tip is in the retracted position.
10. The surgical tool according to claim 9, wherein movement of the cutting blade between the retracted and deployed positions is in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cutting tip.
11. The surgical tool according to claim 9, wherein movement of the cutting blade between the retracted and deployed positions is in a direction substantially along the longitudinal axis of the cutting tip.
12. The surgical tool according to claim 9, wherein at least a portion of the cutting blade is carried within at least one of the cutting tip and the handle region when the cutting tip is in the retracted position.
13. The surgical tool according to claim 9, wherein the surgical tool further comprises a pushbutton operably attached to the cutting blade, and wherein depression of the pushbutton causes the cutting blade to move from the retracted position to the deployed position.
14. The surgical tool according to claim 13, wherein at least a portion of the pushbutton is integrally formed, with the cutting blade.
15. The surgical tool according to claim 9, wherein the surgical tool, further comprises a button operably attached to the cutting blade and slidably carried within at least one of the cutting tip and the handle region, and wherein sliding movement of the button from a first position to a second position causes the cutting blade to move from the retracted position to the deployed position,
16. The surgical tool according to claim 1, wherein the surgical tool further comprises a blade guard carried within at least one of the cutting tip and the handle region and moveable from a guarded position to an unguarded position, the blade guard covering at least a portion of the cutting edge of the cutting blade when in the guarded position, and exposing at least a portion of the cutting edge of the cutting blade when in the unguarded position.
17. The surgical tool according to claim 16, wherein the surgical tool further comprises a button operably attachable to the blade guard and slidably carried within at least one of the cutting tip and the handle region, and wherein sliding movement of the button from a first position to a second position causes the blade guard to move from the guarded position to the unguarded position.
18. The surgical tool according to claim 1, wherein the surgical tool further includes a dissection tip operably coupled to the handle region.
19. A surgical tool for making subcutaneous incisions through at least a portion of a tendon sheath having a substantially arcuate outer surface, the surgical tool comprising:
a handle region;
a cutting tip operably attached to the handle region, the cutting tip having a proximal end proximate the handle region, a distal end, a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end, an upper and a lower surface, a longitudinal cavity defined by at least a portion of the lower surface; and
a cutting blade having a deployed position wherein the cutting blade extends along at least a portion of the longitudinal axis of the cutting tip and extends downwardly from the bottom surface of the cutting tip into at least a portion of the longitudinal cavity;
wherein the lower surface of the cutting tip is configured to self-center the cutting tip as the cutting tip contacts the arcuate outer surface of the tendon sheath.
20. A surgical tool for making subcutaneous incisions through at least a portion of a tendon sheath proximate at least one of neural tissue and vascular tissue:
a handle region;
a cutting tip operably attached to the handle region, the cutting tip having a proximal end proximate the handle region, a distal end, a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end, an upper and a lower surface, and a longitudinal cavity defined by at least a portion of the lower surface; and
a cutting blade having a deployed position wherein the cutting blade extends along at least a portion of the longitudinal axis of the cutting tip and extends downwardly from the bottom surface of the cutting tip into at least a portion of the longitudinal cavity;
wherein the upper surface of the cutting tip is configured to displace at least one of the neural tissue and vascular tissue from a region proximate the cutting blade as the cutting tip is advanced along the arcuate outer surface of the tendon sheath.