Patent ID: 6751866
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A cuticle cutting instrument, comprising an outer tubular member; an inner tubular member disposed in said outer tubular member so that said tubular members are rotatable relative to one another, said outer and inner tubular members each having an axis and two axial ends; and only one pair of cutting elements provided at each of said axial ends and arranged so that one cutting element of each of said pairs is arranged on said outer tubular member and the other cutting element of each of said pairs is arranged on said inner tubular member, each of said pairs of cutting elements forming one of a nipper and a scissor, so that when said tubular members are rotated relative to one another said cutting elements of each of said pairs can cut cuticles; driving means for rotating said tubular members relative to one another, and means for connecting each of said axial ends of said tubular members with each of said pairs of said cutting elements so that each said pair of said cutting elements is removable from a respective one of said ends of said tubular members, thereby allowing to provide one pair of said cutting elements on one of said axial ends, one pair of said cutting elements on the other of said axial ends, or two pairs of said cutting elements on both said axial ends.