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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip H Newman, Los Alamos, NM (US);
B Michael Jackson, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Charles T Gregg, Los Alamos, NM (US);
David Platts, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30162 ; 30335 ; 30339 ; 606167 ; 606181 ;
Abstract
A three-piece knife having a replacable, retractable cutting blade, which may be locked either in the operating or deployed position, or in a retracted or safety position, by using a single digit on one hand, is described. Safety of hospital personnel and medical waste-disposal personnel is achieved in the surgical scalpel embodiment of the three-piece knife without loss of function or convenience of the scalpel.