Scalpel

Details Scalpel Scalpel

1993-11-02

1995-12-26

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

Instruments

Cutting, puncturing or piercing

30 2, 30151, 30335, A61B 1732

Patent

active

054783461

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to scalpels. By their nature, scalpels are exceedingly sharp, and there is the growing requirement of the provision of a guard over the blade at its point of manufacture to eliminate risk to the operative removing the scalpel from its packaging. With guards known hitherto, it is common practice to replace the guard over the blade after use. However, this introduces the risk of a used scalpel being mistaken for an unused scalpel. The objective of the invention is to avoid this possibility, an objective met by a construction comprising a handle and a blade secured to one end of the handle, and there being a blade guard attached to the scalpel by a frangible tether, the guard having a further means to engage a co-operating part of the scalpel, said further means in conjunction with said frangible tether serving to hold the guard in place over the blade.

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patent: 4531286 (1985-07-01), Vito et al.
patent: 4675996 (1987-06-01), DuBuque
patent: 4980977 (1991-01-01), Matin et al.
patent: 5330494 (1994-07-01), van der Westhuizen et al.

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