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US 4,361,926 AGranted
Cautery cleaning device
OwnerClaire Brush, Keith M. McCormick +1inventors
InventorsClaire Brush, Keith M. McCormick, B. J. Moor
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Abstract
A cautery cleaning device including a thumb and fingertip manipulated support member with rubber-like properties through which a cautery blade is guided and in which scraping edges are supported and held in contact with the blade. The support member is conformed to fit onto the cautery pencil end adjacent the blade and is removably tethered thereto.
Claims9
A device for cleaning the blade of a cautery pencil, comprising:
- means for scraping foreign matter from the cautery blade;
- and
- means of rubber-like material surrounding the blade for mounting the device onto the blade, guiding the scraping means longitudinally along the blade and supporting the scraping means against the blade in order that the angles of contact of the scraping means against the cautery blade may be dexterously controlled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.