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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
Aspen Surgical Products, Inc., Caledonia, MI (US);
Georgene Austria, Calabasas, CA (US);
Aspen Surgical Products, Inc., Caledonia, MI (US);
Abstract
A scalpel handle sheath includes a body defining a handle-receiving cavity open to a first end of the body through a narrowed sleeve region, the body further defining a flexible arm adjacent the first end with a first boss extending inwardly therefrom adjacent the sleeve region. The sheath further includes a shield coupled with the body and slideable between a retracted position and a removal position. The shield defines an edge applying an inward force on the flexible arm during movement of the shield from toward the retracted position to the removal position and a removal flange extending within the shield and passing the first end of the body during movement of the shield from the toward retracted position to the removal position.