Surgical clipper blade assemblies including surgical clipper blades with skin preparation composition

A surgical hair clipper comprising:

• a clipper body that provides a housing for a motor;
• a blade assembly that is operatively connected to the clipper body, the blade assembly comprising:
• a stationary blade;
• a moveable blade adjacent the stationary blade, the moveable blade configured to reciprocate relative to the stationary blade to remove hair from a skin area;
• a blade housing that houses the stationary blade and 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 skin conditioning member in the form of a pad that extends along a skin facing surface of the stationary blade and the guide surface of the blade housing, the skin conditioning member comprising a material formed of a matrix of insoluble polymer and a skin preparation composition dispersed in the matrix;
• wherein the moveable blade is configured such that reciprocating motion of the moveable blade vibrates the skin conditioning member against the skin area as the skin preparation composition is released onto the skin area;
• wherein the skin conditioning member is carried on a side of the stationary blade that is opposite the moveable blade on a leading edge of the blade housing adjacent the guide surface and the material formed of the matrix of insoluble polymer is arranged and configured to be sandwiched between the stationary blade and the skin area with the guide surface in contact with the skin area during the hair removal process;
• wherein the material formed of the matrix of insoluble polymer abuts both the stationary blade and the guide surface, the blade housing defining the guide surface.

A method of using a surgical hair clipper for hair removal from a skin area of a patient, the method comprising:

• coupling a blade assembly to a clipper body of a surgical hair clipper, the blade assembly comprising:
• a stationary blade;
• a moveable blade adjacent the stationary blade, the moveable blade configured to reciprocate relative to the stationary blade to remove hair from a skin area;
• a blade housing that houses the stationary blade and 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 skin conditioning member in the form of a pad that extends along a skin facing surface of the stationary blade, the skin conditioning member comprising a material formed of a matrix of insoluble polymer and a skin preparation composition, the material formed of the matrix of insoluble polymer abutting both the stationary blade and the guide surface, the blade housing defining the guide surface;
• wherein reciprocating motion of the moveable blade vibrates the skin conditioning member against the skin area as the skin preparation composition is released onto the skin area;
• operating the moveable blade through the clipper body while the skin preparation composition is delivered to the skin area, the skin conditioning member is carried on a side of the stationary blade that is opposite the moveable blade on a leading edge of the blade housing adjacent the guide surface and the material formed of the matrix of insoluble polymer is arranged and configured to be sandwiched between the stationary blade and the skin area with the guide surface in contact with the skin area during the hair removal process.