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Color calibrated multi-function scalpel blade for intraocular and other surgery and associated methods of use

  • US 5,224,950 A
  • Filed: 10/02/1991
  • Issued: 07/06/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A scalpel for eye surgery comprising a first blade member including a plurality of juxtaposed cutting sections arranged successively along the blade member, said cutting sections having respective cutting edges defining for said cutting sections respective widths and lengths, and means associated with each of said cutting sections for visually delineating said sections from one another such that each cutting section will visually indicate the depth and width of an incision made by inserting said blade member into a body to the depth of the respective said cutting section, a second blade member, and a common support for said first and second blade members, the cutting section of said first blade member at said one end of said first blade member having a pointed tip, said cutting sections increasing in width in the the direction from said one end of the first blade member to the other end of the first blade member, said second blade member being of substantially uniform width and being rounded at one end of said second blade.

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