Safety scalpel
CA 2584865 C · Owner: Neo, Poh-Hock · Inventors: Neo, Poh-Hock; Foo, Kook-Ting; Yi, Patrick
Overview
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A safety scalpel that incorporates a reusable metal scalpel handle similar in shape and feel to the conventional metal handle preferred by most surgeons and a disposable blade cartridge that covers the blade before during and , after use, and is easily mounted and released from the scalpel handle. The blade cartridge includes a blade with similar cutting profiles as standard surgical blades, a blade holder that is permanently fixed to the blade and a , blade guard that covers the blade and within which the blade holder is able to slide. The scalpel handle is reusable, while the blade cartridge is disposable. The blade cartridge is attached to and detached from the scalpel handle in a …
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- Filed October 26, 2005 and granted June 25, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 26, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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