Surgical blade handle
Abstract
Abstract A SURGICAL BLADE HANDLE THAT CAN ACCEPT BLADES INSERTED BY EITHER A RIGHTHANDED OR A LEFTHANDED PERSON, AND CAN ROTATE THE BLADE AT LEAST 180* IN THE PLANE OF ITS CUTTING EDGE. ONE TERMINAL END OF THE BLADE HOLDING MEMBER IS SPHERICALLY SHAPED AND IS RETAINED WITHIN A SOCKET END OF A HANDLE TUBE WHICH IS SLOTTED AND HAS THE FORM OF A PORTION OF A SPHERE. THE BLADE IS ANCHORED FIRMLY ON THE BLADE HOLDER, AND IS HELD SECURELY IN POSITION BY A CLAMPING ROD WHICH FORCES THE SPHERICAL END OF THE BLADE HOLDER INTO FIRM SEATED FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THE ROUNDED SPHERICALLY SHAPED SOCKET END OF THE HANDLE TUBE. THE BLADE HOLDING MEMBER MAY BE OF ONE PIECE CONSTRUCTION OF WHICH THE SURGICAL BLADE SNAPS INTO PLACE, OR IT CAN BE OF TWO-PIECE MATING JAW CONSTRUCTION WITH THE SURGICAL BLADE BEING CLAMPED INTO PLACE AND BEING EASILY REMOVED BY HAVING THE MATING JAWS SPRING LOADED TO URGE THEM APART.
Inventors
- 👤 Roy C Bassett
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