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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
May. 11, 2007
Michelle Shelton, Detroit, MI (US);
Tyrone Secord, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Michelle Shelton, Detroit, MI (US);
Tyrone Secord, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A hand-held suture removal device exhibiting a generally elongated body. First and second biasing portions extend from one end of the body and establish a gap therebetween. A blade extends from the body, typically from one of the biasing portions and in proximity to the gap defined between the biasing portions. The blade is manipulated to section a suture projecting from first and second locations of a patient's skin. A trailing edge of the suture is gripped between opposing and abutting surfaces established by the biasing portions and, upon deflecting of the device in a direction away from the patient, forcibly withdraws each of a plurality of sutures in rapid and successive fashion.