Ring currette
OwnerGary K. Michelsoninventor
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Abstract
An improved ring currette for the removal of pathological body tissues is disclosed.
Claims3
A ring curette comprising a straight shaft having a first end and a second end, a handle attached to said first end and a scraping tip attached at said second end, said scraping tip in the shape of a ring, said handle being large enough so as to permit grasping of the handle by two hands, said shaft having flattened top and bottom portions in planes parallel to the plane of the ring proximate the connection of the scraping tip to the second end of said shaft, said ring extending above the planes of said flattened portions of said shaft, the circumference of said ring being sharpened, said ring having a depressed portion proximate the connection of the scraping tip to said second end of said shaft, an edge of said depressed portion being in the plane of a flattened portion of said shaft and in which said ring has an interior opening forming side walls, said opening having a central portion which is smaller in diameter than the inside diameter of said ring at either the top or bottom of said ring, the inside walls of said ring sloping towards the center of said opening.
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