US RE40,432 E1 | ||
Container for sharp instruments | ||
Michael Shane Cavanagh, Bowen Mountain (Australia) | ||
Assigned to Catilina Nominees Pty. Ltd., Victoria (Australia) | ||
Appl. No. 10/613,144 PCT Filed Apr. 29, 1997, PCT No. PCT/AU97/00259 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jul. 21, 1998, PCT Pub. No. WO97/40753, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 06, 1997. |
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Application 10/613144 is a reissue of application No. 09/101864, filed on Jul. 21, 1998, now 6,065,596, filed on May 23, 2000. | ||
Int. Cl. B65D 85/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 19/02 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 206—352 [206/363; 206/380] | 12 Claims |
1. An apparatus comprising a scalpel and a container holding said scalpel, said scalpel including:
a blade attached to a handle, said scalpel having a major cross-sectional dimension and a minor cross-sectional dimension;
and
said container including:
an elongated scalpel recess closed at each end and receiving said scalpel, and having a first portion receiving said scalpel
blade and a second portion receiving at least part of said scalpel handle, said portions having a width slightly greater than
that of the major cross-sectional dimension of the scalpel and depth slightly greater than that of the minor cross-sectional
dimension of the scalpel, the length of said scalpel recess being such that the scalpel blade is located within one of said
portions irrespective of the position of the scalpel in the scalpel recess, [ the width being substantially constant for the length of each of said portions, ] and guide means for [ physically ] guiding a scalpel placed in said container
the
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