Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120165836 | SAFETY SUTURE CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A sheath for use with a scalpel cutting device including a sheath body configured to cover a scalpel blade at a distal end of a scalpel cutting device. The sheath advantageously includes a slot formed therein that extends from a first end at an edge of the sheath body to a second end adjacent the scalpel blade so that the slot intersects the blade and the blade is exposed only within the second end of the slot. The slot is configured such that an angle between a guiding side wall of the slot and the scalpel blade at the point of intersection is greater than 105° and less than 180°. In another embodiment, the ratio of the length of the shortest side wall to slot width is at least 2. | 06-28-2012 |
20120259352 | SAFETY SUTURE CUTTING DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF CUTTING SLOTS AND RELATED METHODS - A sheath for use with a scalpel cutting device including a sheath body configured to cover a scalpel blade at a distal end of a scalpel cutting device. The sheath advantageously may include a plurality of slots formed therein. Providing two or more slots provides additional functionality and/or ease of manufacturing. A single sheath configuration including a plurality of slots (e.g., two) may be manufactured so as to be used with scalpels including somewhat different blade configurations (e.g., which may require a slightly different slot location). Such a universal sheath allows a single sheath design to be used with multiple scalpels, easing manufacture and reducing costs. In addition, depending on the particular location of the slots and the configuration of the scalpel blade, the different slots may each intersect the scalpel blade and provide different characteristics for cutting a suture. | 10-11-2012 |
20130005401 | ERGONOMIC HANDLE FOR SMARTPHONE VIDEO RECORDING - The present invention provides an ergonomically designed smartphone handle mount device that attaches and secures itself to a smartphone to facilitate operation of video recording. The device includes a grippable handle portion, mount structure for securing a smartphone, controls for controlling recording and/or zooming, and an electronic connection interface for providing electronic communication between the controls of the handle mount device and the smartphone. The device provides a quick and convenient way to take advantage of the increasingly high resolution capabilities of smartphones and may completely eliminate the need for other camcorder devices for many users. The recording, zooming, or other buttons or controls may be within easy reach of the user's fingers when gripping the handle portion of the device. | 01-03-2013 |
20130276251 | SCRUB BRUSH - A scrub brush for cleaning arms, hands, and fingernails includes a reservoir for applying an antiseptic or cleaning composition and first and second groups of bristles having different relative flexibilities. The reservoir can be an absorbent open-foam material capable of absorbing and holding a liquid cleaning composition. The first bristles are designed to gently cleanse skin surfaces without scratching, gouging, scraping or otherwise damaging skin. The second bristles are more rigid than the first bristles to more aggressively scrub dirt, microbes or other foreign debris from gaps underneath fingernails. A finger alignment guide adjacent to the stiffer bristles maintains proper alignment between fingernails and the stiffer bristles so that the bristles enter gaps underneath the fingernails when the fingers are moved in a back and forth motion. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282025 | SAFETY SUTURE CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A sheath for use with a scalpel cutting device including a sheath body configured to cover a scalpel blade at a distal end of a scalpel cutting device. The sheath advantageously includes a slot formed therein that extends from a first end at an edge of the sheath body to a second end adjacent the scalpel blade so that the slot intersects the blade and the blade is exposed only within the second end of the slot. The slot is configured such that an angle between a guiding side wall of the slot and the scalpel blade at the point of intersection is greater than 105° and less than 180°. In another embodiment, the ratio of the length of the shortest side wall to slot width is at least 2. | 10-24-2013 |
20140128813 | CLAMP FOR A CATHETER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF - A catheter clamp having a generally curved body, a first end, and a second end. Once a central or midline catheter is inserted into a patient's body, the catheter is inserted into the catheter clamp and the clamp is affixed to the patient's skin with, for example, one or more stitches, glue, adhesive bandages, and/or staples. The catheter clamp allows the catheter to adopt a bent profile without risk of kinking the catheter. In addition, when the central line catheter is installed at an interior jugular location, the catheter clamp allows the free ends of the catheter to safely hang down away from the patient's hair for greater patient comfort, ease of access by medical personnel, and reduced danger of infection. The curved profile of the catheter clamp and the catheter also reduces the likelihood that the catheter will be accidentally pulled out or dislodged if the catheter is pulled on. | 05-08-2014 |
20140182140 | SAFETY CUTTING DEVICE - A safety cutting device includes a slidable insert that moves longitudinally within a cavity of a housing. The slidable insert has a cutting blade attached and moves within the housing from a safe position in which the blade is covered to an exposed position for cutting. The safety device has a release button positioned near an anterior end of the housing. A biasing member automatically retracts the blade when the release button is activated. | 07-03-2014 |
20140259695 | ADJUSTABLE WEIGHT STRIKING DEVICE - Adjustable weight striking device can be selectively loaded with weighting material to temporarily increase striking force during use and unloaded to reduce weight while carrying. The tool has body made of low density material and working end for striking tool, handle extending from the body made of low density material, striking tool at working end, and apparatus for holding weighting material adjacent to the body. The weight holding apparatus can be platform with straps or other securing feature for temporarily holding weighting material and/or an interior chamber within the body for receiving weighting material. Weighting material can be sand, water, dirt, gravel, rock, or metal and can temporarily increase the weight of the striking tool by 50%, 100%, 200% 250%, 300%, 400%, 500% or more depending on volume and/or density of weighting material as compared to striking device. | 09-18-2014 |