Surgery – Specula – Retractor
Patent
1998-01-13
1999-04-06
Flanagan, Beverly M.
Surgery
Specula
Retractor
A61B 1102
Patent
active
058910190
ABSTRACT:
A tongue depressor includes a blade including a tongue contact portion, a flavor coating secured to the tongue contact portion, a stylized handle portion, and a structure for detaching the stylized handle portion from the tongue contact portion. The blade is preferably elongate and formed as a single piece of stiff and resilient material. The stylized handle portion includes an image, and preferably has a forward surface and the image is formed in the forward surface of the handle portion. The blade preferably has an edge with edge irregularities and the image extends to the blade edge so that the edge irregularities form part of the image. The image is alternatively printed on a sticker affixed to the handle portion. The image is still alternatively printed directly onto the handle portion. The image may be that of a person, and is optionally one of a variety of images constituting a collection. The flavor coating is preferably an edible food material. The structure for detaching may be a stress riser groove following a segmented path across the blade, forming a multifaceted edge upon blade breakage along the stress riser groove.
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Young Rachel M.
Young Theodore P.
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