Patent ID: 11141188

Abstract:
A safety scalpel has an elongated central body (1) having at each of its opposite ends (2, 3) a retractable lancet system comprising: a protection member (4) having a slot (12) and being connected to the elongated central body (1) and concentric thereto; a prismatic guide concentric to the elongated central body (1) and located inside the protection member (4); and a lancet holding member 20) consisting of a distal part (21) in the form of a prismatic member in which the lancet (24) is frontally inserted, and a proximal part (22) formed by two parallel arms (25, 26) having an end integral with the prismatic member, an arm (25) of them being slidable in contact with the prismatic guide, and the arm (26) carrying on a button (27) protruding from the slot (12) and provided with retaining elements (28) intended to be received into stop recesses (10, 11) of the slot (12).