Curette with light
OwnerShaun R. Carpenterinventor
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Abstract
Improvements for curettes currently used in debridement and removal of skin, tissue, and necrotic debris from wound beds comprising a pinchable cap and a circular metal cutting end, wherein an individual may preferably apply pressure to the cap, preferably covering the metal cutting end, in order to manipulate the cutting end into a shape to preferably debride narrow or smaller portions of a wounds such as a narrow oval. The surgical instrument also preferably includes a measurement scale, a depth probe that also acts as a packing tool, and finger grips. There can be an optional LED or LEDs included in or on the curette.
Claims17
Apparatus including a curette used for debridement or removal of skin, tissue, and necrotic debris from wound beds comprising
- a) an instrument body having proximal and distal end portions;
- b) a circular metal cutting end on said distal end portion of said instrument body;
- c) a handle on said instrument body;
- d) a cap having an open end, a closed end and a hollow cavity, wherein said cap is of a soft moveable material that enables a user to pinch the cap and reconfigure the shape of the metal cutting end to an oval shape;
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- e) wherein the circular metal cutting end is attached to said distal end of the tool body and can be covered by the cap,
- f) wherein said cap is configured to move between a first position wherein the cap is placed over the metal cutting end and a second position wherein the cap is removed from and spaced away from the instrument body;
- g) wherein the apparatus has a length of 5-25 cm, and the circular metal cutting end has a diameter of 2-12 mm, and;
- h) wherein when the cap is in said first position, pressure can be applied to the cap by a user, the cap enables contact of the metal cutting end and wherein the pressure applied by a user is transferred from the cap to the cutting end allowing the cutting end to be manipulated into shapes suitable for debriding narrow or smaller portions of the wound bed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.