| 摘要 |
<p>. A surgical blade dispenser is provided herein. It includes a box for storing blades in such position that a scalpel handle can be inserted through an aperture in one wall of the box, lockingly to engage one blade and to remove it from the box through the aperture. The blades are individually positioned and supported within the box such that apertures in the shank portion of the blade are engagable with a mating boss on the forward end of the scalpel handle as the handle is inserted through an aperture in the wall of the box. Further insertion of the handle causes the boss fully to engage the aperture in the scalpel blade and, once complete engagement has been attained, the blade is withdrawn from the bos by withdrawal of the handle through the paerture. A blade disposal section is preferably included in the box. The handle aperture of the blade disposal section is provided with a metal edge. When a scalpel handle with a blade mounted thereon is inserted through the aperture, the rear edge of the blade can be engaged with the metal edge of the aperture and withdrawal of the handle strips the blade from the engaging boss, leaving the blade within the disposal section as the handle is withdrawn through the aperture. Thus, the blade is engaged with the handle while avoiding possible safety or contamination problems. -i-</p> |
