摘要 |
A tool for separating detachable blades from surgical scalpels takes the form of a pair of pliers having a respective channel formation in each jaw, the side walls of which formations approach engagement in mutually facing and aligned disposition during closure of the tool to define a passageway therethrough. This passageway receives the stem portion of a holder on which a conventional detachable scalpel blade is clipped, and the side walls of one of the channel formations are relieved towards one end thereof, and the side walls of the other formation elevated towards the corresponding end thereof, so that closure of the tool jaws grips the blade while lifting one end of the blade from the holder. The blade can then be slid off the holder while still held by the tool.
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