Patent ID: 6413266
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A tick removing device for removing a tick from a skin of a host, the tick removing device comprising:a body member comprising having a fulcrum portion and a pair arms, each of said arms having a main portion being coupled to said fulcrum portion such that one of said arms is positioned opposite from the other of said arms, said main portion of each of said arms being adapted for engaging a finger of a user, each of said arms having a free end, said free end of one of said arms crossing over said free end of the other of said arms; each of said arms having a head portion, said head portion of each of said arms being adapted for engaging a portion of a body of the tick, a distance between said head portion of each of said arms increasing when a gap between said main portion of each of said arms is decreased by pressure for the fingers of the user, said head of one of said arms abutting said head portion of the other of said arms when pressure from the fingers on said main portion of each of said arms is released such that said head portion of each of said arms is adapted for cooperatively securing said body member to the tick when the tick is to be removed from the host; and said head portion of each of said arms having a substantially planar bottom face, said bottom face of said head portion of each of said arms being orthogonally positioned to a plurality of sides walls of the associated said head portion, said bottom face of said head portion of each of said arms being adapted for abutting against the skin of the host such that said bottom face of said head portion of each of said arms inhibits pinching of the skin of the host between said head portion of said arms when the user releases pressure from said main portion of each of said arms.