Tick removal device and method

Details Tick removal device and method Tick removal device and method

1998-03-16

1999-12-07

Jeffery, John A.

Electric heating

Heating devices

Tool or instrument

219227, H05B 100

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059987626

ABSTRACT:
A device and method for removal of a tick from the skin of a host, such device having an open-ended casing for receiving the tick in a V-shaped slot defined in the casing, such tick to be trapped at the narrow end of the slot with means to apply heat in proximity to the tick to cause it to release its grip from the skin of the host after which it can be removed.

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patent: 3980861 (1976-09-01), Fukunaga
patent: 5116347 (1992-05-01), Butler
patent: 5246449 (1993-09-01), Webster
patent: 5554161 (1996-09-01), Thibeault
patent: 5556563 (1996-09-01), Von Der Heyde et al.

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