Patent ID: 7497330

Claim:
A device for no-hands transfer of a scalpel comprising an injection-molded thermoplastic body including an implement support section, a scalpel blade receiver adjacent one end of the support section, a scalpel handle grip adjacent an end of the support section opposite said one end, the blade receiver being arranged to limit freedom of movement of a blade laterally while allowing pitch movement of a handle of a scalpel, the handle grip being arranged to receive a mid-section of the handle of a scalpel in a pitch movement towards the support section while its blade is received in the blade receiver, the device having the handle grip being arranged to resist longitudinal reverse movement of the scalpel blade out of the blade receiver and the grip and pitch movement out of the handle grip with a friction force sufficient to reliably hold a straight scalpel handle in a gripped position while the device is handled by a surgical nurse to present the straight scalpel handle in a vertical or near vertical position for grasping by a surgeon with a large portion of the straight scalpel handle on a side of the handle grip remote from the blade receiver in a cantilever condition extending beyond said device such that it is free of physical interference from adjacent parts of the device, the body including opposed finger-grip areas spaced from one another by a width of the support section to enable the nurse to grasp the device, and laterally extending finger guards on opposite sides of the support section and laterally outward of said finger grip areas.