Surgery – Instruments – Means for removal of skin or material therefrom
Patent
1993-09-17
1995-01-10
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
Means for removal of skin or material therefrom
606210, A45D 2600
Patent
active
053803396
ABSTRACT:
A first embodiment of a novel parasite remover has a holding plate and an engagement plate for attachment to pivoting arms of a staple remover. The holding plate has a slot for insertion between a parasite body and the skin of a host to which the parasite has attached itself. The engagement plate has a pair of curved prongs spaced apart to define a slot therebetween for straddling the parasite mouth which is inserted into the host skin. As the pivoting arms of the staple remover are moved together, the curved prongs engage the parasite body and extract the parasite from the host skin. A second embodiment has a handle arm and a lever arm which are pivotally mounted together. As a result, the lever arm has a prying end pivotal with respect to a trigger end. The handle arm engages and lifts a parasite away from the host skin. On the lever arm, the prying end presses the host skin in a direction substantially normal to the host skin upon application of user force at the trigger end. The second embodiment can be provided in a pocket knife assembly. Third embodiment has a pair of juxtaposed wedge shaped fingers defining a slot in a plate, the plate being carried at one end of an arm of tweezers so that one arm of the tweezer urges the body of the parasite between the fingers toward the thicker portion of the fingers.
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Dewson Glenn K.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
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