Patent ID: 6759619
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
Surgical scalpel electrical incinerating apparatus, comprising:a cabinet; a chassis fastened to said cabinet; a support disposed within said cabinet, said support being vertically oriented in said cabinet, said support having a bottom end fastened to said chassis, said support also having a top end; a ceramic plate supported by said top end of said support; a plurality of fixed metal plates protruding horizontally from said ceramic plate, said plurality of metal plates being fastened to said ceramic plate, said plurality of metal plates being electrically connected to an electrical power source; said plurality of fixed metal plates being configured to receive a surgical scalpel blade which is to be incinerated; first and second struts attached to said ceramic plate, said first and second struts projecting horizontally proximate said plurality of metal plates; first and second pivots projecting from each of said first and second struts, respectively, toward the other of said first and second struts; a door rotatably supported by said first and second pivots and proximate said plurality of metal plates, said door having a bottom face, said door being rotatable from a vertical orientation wherein said bottom face faces horizontally, to a horizontal orientation wherein said bottom face is placed above and in proximity with said plurality of metal plates; a support structure fixed to said door and rotatable therewith such that, when said door is in said vertical orientation, said support structure projects upward between said plurality of metal plates, and when said door is in said horizontal orientation, said support structure is withdrawn from between said plurality of metal plates; a plurality of pressure plates fixed to said bottom face of said door and projecting therefrom, such that, when said door is in said horizontal orientation, said pressure plates project toward said plurality of metal plates so as to urge any object that rests upon said plurality of metal plates into contact with said plurality of metal plates; said plurality of metal plates supplying electrical current from said electrical power source through portions of an electrically conductive object resting upon said plurality of metal plates when said door is in said horizontal orientation, whereby said electrically conductive object is electrically heated.