Patent ID: 8156653
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical scalpel assembly comprising; a single piece handle, having two vertical sides and two horizontal sides which terminates said vertical sides, whereon a surgical scalpel sharps blade is capable of secure attachment at the distal end of said handle, said handle designed to have an upper longitudinal travel channel and a lower separate longitudinal steam slot to allow for passage of sterilizing autoclave steam, said travel channel and said steam slot located along the same vertical face of said handle, said handle having a lack of non-autoclavable interior voids, and having an ejector bay longitudinally position along one of said vertical sides at said distal end of said handle, and a shield, said shield having four sides whose vertices form a rectangular cross-sectional configuration having an interior and exterior portion and opposing vertical and horizontal surfaces, capable of circumferentially interfacing with said handle, having a distal end and a proximal end, containing a surgical sharps ejection mechanism located distally along said vertical surface where said surgical sharps ejection mechanism is deflected laterally by application of a load element, said sharps ejector mechanism possessing a self-biasing action to return said ejector mechanism to a natural convex shape through natural intrinsic exertion of maximum resistive forces to said resultant deflection, a shield locking mechanism interfacing with said longitudinal travel channel of said handle, and a blade number recognition means, said shield capable of linear transitory motion between fully covering said attached surgical sharps blade in a closed position and fully uncovering said attached surgical sharps blade in an open position, said shield capable of assembly and disassembly from said handle.