Tick removal device comprising electrically heated retractable t

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1995-04-10

1996-09-17

Jeffery, John A.

Electric heating

Heating devices

Tool or instrument

606210, 606 28, 294 992, 294100, 43134, A61B 1750, H05B 100

Patent

active

055565638

ABSTRACT:
A device for removing a tick attached to an animal or person having a tweezer with first and second tweezer arms disposed within a casing, such tweezer arms movable within first and second channels defined on the inside of the casing with the front tips of the tweezer arms extendible and retractable through an opening in the front of the casing, the channels tapering inwardly to direct the tips of the tweezer arms together as they pass through the opening. A power source is provided which can be a battery disposed within the casing and interconnected to the first and second tweezer arms. An electrical circuit is completed when the tweezer arms are in their forward advanced position extending out the opening of the casing to heat the tweezer arms and the tick grasped therebetween.

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