Surgery – Instruments – Means for removal of skin or material therefrom
Patent
1988-07-13
1990-07-24
Thaler, Michael H.
Surgery
Instruments
Means for removal of skin or material therefrom
606167, 30329, 303465, A61B 1732, A61B 1900
Patent
active
049432958
ABSTRACT:
A surgical cutting tool which may be used in cutting away protruberances from the skin of an individual includes a thin flexible blade including two side margins and a front margin which is keen-edged, and two finger grips which each include an engagement surface affixed to and extending along one side margin of the blade, and an outwardly facing gripping surface so that the tool can be held by the finger grips and thereby safely, easily and comfortably bent into an arcuate shape for cutting, by bringing the finger grips closer together. Preferably each gripping surface forms a rounded notch conforming in approximate shape to a finger. The gripping surface forming the notch may include gripping protrusions which enable a user's fingers to grip the tool by the finger grips firmly. The tool preferably includes a sheath-like guard formed from flexible material which is affixed to and extends along and covers a rear margin of the blade between the finger grips. Although the guard protects a user of the tool from the keen-edged blade rear margin, the flexible material from which it is formed allows the user to bend the blade without substantial resistance from the guard.
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Hartlaub Mark T.
Hartlaub Paul P.
Hartlaub Thaddeus J.
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