Abstract: A method and a device for removing corks from vessels. The device comprises a pair of knives and a holder for the knives, which holder fixes the position of the knife-edges relative to each other and with a spacing between the knife-edges, which spacing is smaller than the diameter of the cork to be removed from a vessel measured immediately above the position on the cork where it is intended to be gripped between the knives. By use of the device the cork is removed by moving the vessel with the attached cork towards the knives at a level suitable to position the portion of the cork that extends above the vessel between the knife-edges and moving the vessel away from the knives.

Abstract: A device for protecting both a patient's teeth and medical instruments (such as tubes, probes, etc.) against damage when such instruments are inserted through the mouth. The device comprises a teeth shield member of semi-rigid material with dimensions greater than the instrument introduced and a support member for the instrument at the periphery of the teeth shield member for securing a side-by-side relationship between the instrument and the teeth shield member. The support member can be in the shape of a slit-open tube into which the instrument can be inserted radially after the introduction of the instrument into the patient. The instrument can be fixed by means of a band tied around the instrument and tied or otherwise fixed to the device, which band can also be used to fix the complete unit in the patient by tieing around his neck.