Scalpel blade guard

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2002-05-09

2009-02-03

Woo, Julian W (Department: 3734)

Surgery

Instruments

Cutting, puncturing or piercing

C030S155000, C030S286000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07485126

ABSTRACT:
A scalpel shield system for a scalpel that has a handle and a blade with a sharp cutting edge. The system is mountable on the scalpel and provided with a blade guard member having a pivot component engagable with a pivot component on the blade or the handle. The blade guard member is manually pivotable relative to the scalpel between a guard position for preventing injury by the sharp cutting edge and a retracted position for exposing the sharp cutting edge.

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