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US 12,290,951 B2Granted
Precision skiver
AssigneeMayer Engineering, LLC
InventorTodd M. Mayer
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Abstract
A skiver for precise removal of outside material from an elongated device, such as a medical catheter or the like, includes a longitudinal recess in a surface and a transverse replaceable blade therein. A removable cover holds the blade in place. In some embodiments, the skiver has a handle extending from the skiver. In other embodiments, an automated mechanism is used to move the elongated device through the skiver.
Claims20
A skiver comprising:
- a chassis having a front and a back, the chassis arranged to be supported upon a planar surface, the chassis comprising an internal roller cavity, a tooling cavity and a lumen extending from the front to the back;
- a tooling apparatus comprising a body comprising a longitudinal recess of a predetermined cross section;
- an opening extending to the longitudinal recess;
- a blade comprising a linear cutting edge, the linear cutting edge disposed in the opening, the tooling apparatus removable from the chassis, the tooling apparatus positionable in the tooling cavity with the longitudinal recess aligned with the lumen;
- a first motorized roller and a second motorized roller oriented in the internal roller cavity, the first motorized roller comprising a no crush roller, the second motorized roller comprising a no crush roller, the first motorized roller contacting the second motorized roller, wherein the first motorized roller and the second motorized roller are configured to move an object through the lumen and the longitudinal recess;
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- a switch arranged to operate the first motorized roller and the second motorized roller.
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A skiver comprising:
- a chassis arranged to be supported by a flat work surface, the chassis comprising a front, a back, a tooling cavity and a lumen extending from the front to the back;
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- a tooling apparatus comprising:
- a body comprising a longitudinal recess, a blade recess and an opening between the longitudinal recess and the blade recess;
- a blade oriented in the blade recess, the blade comprising a cutting edge, a portion of the cutting edge positioned in the opening;
- a cover attached to the body by a fastener, the cover arranged to secure the blade;
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- a guide member moveable with respect to the body and the longitudinal recess along a linear axis, the linear axis orthogonal to the longitudinal recess, the guide member positioned above the blade, the guide member biased toward the blade by gravity, the guide member arranged to extend into the longitudinal recess and rest upon an object oriented in the longitudinal recess and bias the object toward the blade under the force of gravity;
- the tooling apparatus removable from the chassis, the tooling apparatus positionable in the tooling cavity with the longitudinal recess aligned with the lumen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.