1975-09-26
1977-05-03
Pace, Channing L.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128354, 81 43, 30253, A61B 1732, A61B 1728
Patent
active
040208460
ABSTRACT:
An instrument for removing splinters embedded in skin has a pair of pincers that extend generally in a first direction and are mutually spaced apart in a second direction transverse to the first direction. Each pincer is substantially broader in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions than in the second direction. A free or working end of each pincer, also broader in the third direction than the second direction, converges convexly to a tip. The leading edges of the working ends, defined by the junction of the interior facing surfaces of the working ends and the outwardly facing exterior surfaces, are sharpened to facilitate the penetration of the instrument to the embedded splinter. The interior facing surfaces of the working ends adjacent the leading edges are preferably hollowed to prevent blocking.
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patent: 1038164 (1912-09-01), Lobb
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