DISPOSABLE SURGICAL SAFETY SCALPEL

摘要

A disposable surgical safety scalpel comprising a blade (3), fixed at one end to an elongated support or slider (4), sliding longitudinally inside a protective shell (5), to bring said blade (3) from a retracted inoperative position, in which it is housed inside the shell (5), to an exposed operative position, through the action of an operator who acts on a push-button (13) mounted on said support (4); a safety shield (18) longitudinally slidably mounted on said shell (5), said shield (18) moving from an advanced position, in which it covers said push-button (13), when said push-button is in its retracted inoperative position, for preventing the push-button from involuntarily driving, to a retracted position, in which said shield does not cover said push-button; and elastic return means (15) to bring the blade (3) back into the retracted inoperative position, the elastic means acting between the support (4) and the safety shield (18), such that the shield (18) can automatically and involuntary cover the push-button (13), when said support (4) is brought in its retracted inoperative position by the elastic means.