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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2009
Gregory Allen Auchter, Reading, PA (US);
Randal Lee Berardi, Ephrata, PA (US);
Edwin Warren Blatt, Denver, PA (US);
Jeffrey Kirk Landis, Birdsboro, PA (US);
David Robert Schiff, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Seth Mccue Galewyrick, Asheville, NC (US);
Gregory Allen Auchter, Reading, PA (US);
Randal Lee Berardi, Ephrata, PA (US);
Edwin Warren Blatt, Denver, PA (US);
Jeffrey Kirk Landis, Birdsboro, PA (US);
David Robert Schiff, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Seth McCue GaleWyrick, Asheville, NC (US);
Alcon Research, Ltd., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
A guarded surgical knife handle includes a lower handle portion, an upper handle postion, and a button. The lower handle portion includes a blade holder, a proximal pair of lateral shelves, and a distal pair of lateral shelves. The upper handle portion includes a guard portion, a proximal post between the proximal pair of shelves with a first widened post portion wider than the lateral spacing between the shelves, and a distal post between the distal pair of shelves with a second widened post portion wider than the lateral spacing between the shelves. The button has a button waist narrower than the second lateral spacing and a widened button portion below the button waist wider than the second lateral spacing. A bias member connected to the button and at least one of the handle portions provides an upward force on the button.