Patent ID: 6022364
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A disposable surgical safety scalpel comprising a blade, fixed at one end to an elongated support, sliding longitudinally inside a protective shell, to bring said blade from a retracted inoperative position, in which it is housed inside said shell, to an exposed operative position, through the action of an operator who acts on a button of the support inserted in a window of said shell, an elastic return means to bring said blade back into the retracted inoperative position, said return means acting between said support and said shell, said button co-operating with said shell to provide automatic locking of the blade in said retracted inoperative position, wherein said button is a pivoted button, pivotally mounted on said support, having means that can be brought into engagement, upon a voluntary pressing action by the user on said button, with a corresponding means provided in said shell, when said blade is in said exposed operative position, wherein said means provided inside said pivoting button, is an open housing, and said corresponding means provided in said shell is a pin.