Patent ID: 6592603
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A scissors fabricated of a non-heat treated yieldable material comprising a single elongated strip bent substantially midway along its length forming a closed band having a finger gripping sections, first and second shanks in spaced apart relationship, said first shank carrying an integral cutting blade at its end remote from said bend, said second shank carrying an integral shear blade at tits end remote from said bend, a twist of substantially 90Â° in each of said first and second shanks remote from said bend and adjacent to said cutting blade and shear blade to orient said cutting blades in substantially parallel planes, means pivotally connecting said blades for movement toward and away from each other along a cutting plane for contact with material to be cut, said blades being sharpened and forming an arc across one another whereby the blades are flexible and engage one another and are arranged to cut said material at the point ends of said blades, and the closed band builds up energy therein when said finger gripping sections are squeezed whereupon the closing force of the blades is increased.