Patent ID: 9622773
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A sharps device comprising: a removably attached surgical sharp, said surgical sharp having an integral mounting feature, a cutting edge and an opposing dull edge, a pointed distal end and a proximal end containing a tang portion, a handle portion, having a central body portion, a distal end containing a sharps mounting post to accommodate said integral mounting feature, said sharp being located upon said sharps mounting post, and a proximal tapered butt end, said body portion having an inner vertical face and an outer vertical face, as well as an upper horizontal surface and a lower horizontal surface, said horizontal surfaces being of shorter length than said vertical faces; and a shield slidably attached to said handle portion and having an interior portion and an exterior portion, the interior portion communicating with the handle portion, and a shape of the exterior portion coinciding with a shape of said handle portion, the shield further including at least one shovel nosed ejectment mechanism that is longitudinally aligned with said tang portion of said sharp to abut and disengage the proximal end of the surgical sharp from the sharps mounting post when said shield is transversely moved into a forward position such that the surgical sharp is free of the handle portion and the shield; wherein: