Abstract: A surgical knife handle comprising a handle body (102) and a blade receiving portion (104) defined at a first end of the handle body, which blade receiving portion comprises a blade receiving bore and a blade support (118) extending to a first side of the blade receiving bore. A surgical knife comprising a handle, a blade defined at a first end of the handle and a blade support extending to a first side of the blade.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 10, 2009
Date of Patent:
April 26, 2016
Assignees:
Core Surgical Limited, e-Medix Limited
Inventors:
Richard Packard, Simon Checkley, Ian Hutchinson
Abstract: A surgical knife handle comprising a handle body (102) and a blade receiving portion (104) defined at a first end of the handle body, which blade receiving portion comprises a blade receiving bore and a blade support (118) extending to a first side of the blade receiving bore. A surgical knife comprising a handle, a blade defined at a first end of the handle and a blade support extending to a first side of the blade.
Abstract: A nebulizer for use in administering a medicament to a patient undergoing treatment for example, comprises an ultrasonic piezo-electric transducer (60) and a transducer drive system (D) which is caused to drive said transducer at or near its anti-resonant frequency. There is also provided means to optimize nebulized fluid particle size and transfer to the patients lungs for example, by operating at an anti-resonant frequency in the range of 1.36 to 1.56 MHz and having a single outlet baffle and relatively short outlet tube (24) arrangement.