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US 5,586,989 AGranted
Microsurgical curette
OwnerRobert Bray, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A curette including a cylindrical handle, having a longitudinal axis, and a shaft, having a longitudinal axis. The shaft is attached to the cylindrical handle at a first end of the shaft, such that the longitudinal axis of the shaft is parallel to, but not collinear with, the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical handle. A tip is included in a second end of the shaft.
Claims9
A curette comprising:
- a cylindrical handle having a longitudinal axis;
- a shaft, having a longitudinal axis;
- means or attaching a first end of the shaft to the cylindrical handle, such that the longitudinal axis of the shaft is parallel to, but not collinear with, the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical handle;
- and
- a tip included in a second end of the shaft.
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A curette comprising:
- a cylindrical handle having a longitudinal axis;
- a shaft comprising:
- a first end, wherein the first end of the shaft is attached to the handle;
- a longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal axis of the shaft is parallel to, but not collinear with, the longitudinal axis of the handle;
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- a second end;
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- a tip included in the second end of the shaft wherein the tip is angled, with respect to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, away from the longitudinal axis of the handle.
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A curette comprising:
- a cylindrical handle having a first longitudinal axis;
- a shaft having a second longitudinal axis;
- means for removably attaching a first end of the shaft to the cylindrical handle, such that the second longitudinal axis of the shaft is parallel to, but not collinear with, the first longitudinal axis of the cylindrical handle, said means including an arm extending from the circumferential perimeter of the cylindrical handle;
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- an elongated cup molded into the second end of the shaft, wherein the elongated cup is angled, with respect to the second longitudinal axis of the shaft, away from the first longitudinal axis of the cylindrical handle .
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.