Suction attachments for surgical hair clippers and methods of using such suction attachments
AssigneeCareFusion 2200, Inc.
InventorsIsaias Tellez, Robert Radford, Camille A. Sendlak, Sara Tillman
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Abstract
A surgical hair clipper assembly includes a clipper body and a blade assembly connected to the clipper body. The blade assembly includes a moveable blade configured to reciprocate to remove hair from a skin area and a blade housing that houses the moveable blade. The blade housing has a guide surface that faces the skin area during a hair removal process. A suction attachment includes a clipper attachment connected to the clipper body and a nozzle structure connected to the clipper attachment and extending distally to an end. The end is located no more than about ten millimeters proximal of a plane defined by the guide surface.
Claims14
A surgical hair clipper assembly comprising:
- a clipper body;
- a blade assembly connected to the clipper body, the blade assembly comprising a moveable blade configured to reciprocate to remove hair from a skin area and a blade housing that houses the moveable blade, the blade housing having a guide surface that faces the skin area during a hair removal process;
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- a suction attachment comprising:
- a clipper attachment connected to the clipper body;
- a plurality of hair conditioning projections that extend outward from the clipper attachment over the guide surface and toward the moveable blade;
- and
- a nozzle structure connected to the clipper attachment, the nozzle structure having a hose connecting end and a suction end defining a suction opening;
- wherein a trailing edge of the end of the nozzle structure is located in front of a leading edge of the moveable blade with the guide surface configured to be in contact with the skin area, the plurality of hair conditioning projections extending toward the trailing edge of the end of the nozzle structure.
A suction attachment and surgical hair clipper system, comprising:
- a clipper attachment that connects to a clipper body of the surgical hair clipper;
- a plurality of hair conditioning projections that extend outward from the clipper attachment and configured to extend over a guide surface of a blade housing of the surgical hair clipper and toward a moveable blade of a blade assembly;
- and
- a nozzle structure connected to the clipper attachment, the nozzle structure having a hose connecting end and a suction end defining a suction opening;
- wherein a trailing edge of the suction end is configured to be located in front of a leading edge of the moveable blade, the plurality of hair conditioning projections configured to extend toward the trailing edge of the suction end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.