Medical tool and waste collection device
AssigneeECA Medical Instruments
InventorsJohn Nino, David Ivinson
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Abstract
A welled handle device comprising a base with a front and back end having a predetermined silhouette or outer contour, a plurality of open wells formed in the base, and a tool portion connected to the front end of the base. The open wells contain regions which are substantially rough or textured and regions which are substantially smooth. A method of collecting medical waste comprising the steps of having waste on a hand or glove and gripping the grippable outer contour of a welled handle, wherein at least some of the medical waste is collected within the wells of the handle.
Claims16
A method to collect medical waste, the method comprising:
- having medical waste on a hand or a glove worn by a user;
- gripping the grippable outer contour of the handle of a medical waste collection device with the hand or glove;
- and,
- having at least some of the medical waste on the hand or glove collected within the wells of the handle;
- wherein the medical waste collection device comprises:
- a handle comprising a generally elongated shape having a front end and back end, the handle further comprising a central core, a plurality of open wells, and a tool-handle interface;
- and
- a tool portion comprising a body with a proximal end and a distal end with a distal tip, wherein the tool portion is affixed to the handle at its proximal end at the tool-handle interface;
- wherein the wells are formed by the intersection of horizontal walls and perpendicular walls, regions of which are substantially rough or textured and regions of which are substantially smooth;
- wherein the horizontal walls rise from the central core and extend radially;
- and
- wherein the top edges of the horizontal and perpendicular walls form a grippable outer contour.
A medical waste collection device comprising:
- a handle comprising a generally elongated shape having a front end and back end, the handle further comprising a central core, a plurality of open wells, and a tool-handle interface;
- and
- a tool portion comprising a body with a proximal end and a distal end with a distal tip, wherein the tool portion is affixed to the handle at its proximal end at the tool-handle interface;
- wherein the wells are formed by the intersection of horizontal walls and perpendicular walls, regions of which are substantially rough or textured and regions of which are substantially smooth;
- wherein the horizontal walls rise from the central core and extend radially;
- and
- wherein the top edges of the horizontal and perpendicular walls form a grippable outer contour.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.