Fingernail drill

• US 9,301,775 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2013
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Moshe Dolev
• Original Assignee: Moshe Dolev
• Inventors: Dolev, Moshe
• Primary Examiner(s): MCEVOY, THOMAS M
• Application Number:
  US13/905,360
• Publication Number:
  US 20140358171A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,041 Days
• Field of Search: 606/80, 606/167, 606/172, 606180-183, 408227-230, 132/73, 132/73.5, 132/73.6, 132/75.4, 132/75.6, 132/75.8, 132/76.4
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1604 Chisels; Rongeurs; Punches; Stamps
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/1686 for the hand or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3209 Incision instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/54 Chiropodists' instruments , e.g. pedicure chiropractic devices A61H1/008
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2210/083 Arms
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/00 Devices for bringing media into the body in a subcutaneous, intra-vascular or intramuscular way; Accessories therefor, e.g. filling or cleaning devices, arm-rests vaccination appliances for veterinary use A61D1/025 ; tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/00; combinations of vial and syringe for mixing or transferring their contents A61J1/20; holders for containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/16

Abstract

A fingernail drill has a drill bit and a tip which is capable of drilling through a thickness of a fingernail. The tip extends longitudinally outwards from an abutment integrally formed with the drill bit, and the drill cannot drill past the abutment. The distance from the abutment to a distal end of the tip is such that the drill can drill through the thickness of the fingernail but cannot damage tissue under the fingernail. A kit is provided that includes the fingernail drill and a dispenser for dispensing a substance through a hole drilled by the fingernail drill.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a fingernail drill comprising a drill bit and a tip which is capable of drilling through a thickness of a fingernail, wherein said tip extends longitudinally outwards from an abutment integrally formed with said drill bit, and wherein said drill cannot drill past said abutment, and wherein a distance from said abutment to a distal end of said tip is such that said drill can drill through the thickness of the fingernail but cannot damage tissue under the fingernail, and wherein said drill bit extends from a distal end of a shaft, and a proximal end of said shaft is rotatably attached to a finger-rest member, and wherein said tip formed by two acruate portions that meet at a sharp distal end of said tip, and wherein proximal ends of said acruate portions form part of said abutment.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein said drill bit has a width and thickness and the thickness is significantly less than the width.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein said drill bit is non-fluted.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said drill bit is fluted.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein said shaft is located between said finger-rest member and said tip.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein said abutment comprises one or more shoulders that adjoin said drill bit.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein said abutment comprises one or more shoulders that extend outwards from said drill bit.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein said drill bit has relatively narrow side edges extending from relatively wide flat sides, and said side edges are not perpendicular to said flat sides.

9. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a dispenser for dispensing a substance through a hole drilled by said fingernail drill.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein said dispenser comprises a distal sealing element, which comprises a seal housing disposed on a distal end of said dispenser, and wherein said seal housing comprises a seal that is mounted to seal a tissue-facing surface of said seal housing.