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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
May. 09, 2002
Applicants:
Mark Adelman, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Robert Landis, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Craig Hidalgo, Langhorne, PA (US);
Inventors:
Mark Adelman, Short Hills, NJ (US);
Robert Landis, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Craig Hidalgo, Langhorne, PA (US);
Assignee:
New York University, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A scalpel shield system for a scalpel that has a handle and a blade with a sharp cutting edge. The system is mountable on the scalpel and provided with a blade guard member having a pivot component engagable with a pivot component on the blade or the handle. The blade guard member is manually pivotable relative to the scalpel between a guard position for preventing injury by the sharp cutting edge and a retracted position for exposing the sharp cutting edge.