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Method and article for removing splinters with a disposable lancet

  • US 5,334,195 A
  • Filed: 02/06/1991
  • Issued: 08/02/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/06/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for removing a splinter from a patient'"'"'s skin comprising:

  • removing the lancet from an individually wrapped pre-sterilized package,piercing the patient'"'"'s skin in an area adjacent to said splinter with a hand-held, disposable, elongated metal, generally flat lancet, having a handle portion at one end and a flat V-shaped point at its other end said flat point of said lancet having a length in the range of 2/64" to 5/16", said lancet having an overall length in the range of 0.375" to 2.50", said lancet having an overall width in the range of 1/8" to 5/8'"'"', and said lancet having a thickness in the range of 0.003" to 0.015",tearing the patient'"'"'s skin by piercing the skin adjacent to the splinter and then lifting the lancet in a direction perpendicular to the entry point in the patient'"'"'s skin in a repetitive fashion so as to loosen the skin around the splinter, andthereafter placing said flat point of said lancet under said splinter and lifting it away from the skin so as to dislodge said splinter.

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