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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2015
Mani, Inc., Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi, JP;
Takatomo Saitoh, Utsunomiya, JP;
Masato Suda, Utsunomiya, JP;
MANI, INC., Tochigi, JP;
Abstract
A medical knife configured such that a cutting blade does not face upward when placed on a stand. A medical knife () includes a handle () and a cutting portion (). The handle () includes a protrusion () that makes point contact with a flat surface or makes line contact with the flat surface along the axis of the handle when trying to place the medical knife on the flat surface with a cutting blade () of the cutting portion () of the medical knife facing upward. Moreover, the protrusion () makes contact with a horizontal surface at a position deviating from a position defined by a line extending downward vertically from the center of gravity of the medical knife ().