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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4563570 | Battery powered cautery with improved protective cover arrangement A battery operated cautery includes a cylindrical housing configured to retain a voltage source, such as a plurality of batteries, and an electrically heated cautery tip carried by the front end of the housing and adapted to be selectively energized from ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4539467 | Electrically heated cutting tool An electrically heated excising or cutting tool for cutting rubber, plastic, and the like includes a handle carrying at one end a cutting blade of flat resistive material through which current flows to produce heat. The blade is substantially U-shaped wit... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4530452 | Apparatus for cleaving an optical fiber A hand-held optical fiber cleaving tool has a shaft for receiving a fiber which has had the end portion of the protective cover removed. A reduced diameter section in the shaft acts as an abutment, and the exposed end of the fiber is held in a V-block cla... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4516574 | Tool for castrating animals by severing the spermatic cord by searing or cauterization A veterinarian's tool for castrating animals with which all of the castrating operations can be performed with a single tool held in one hand of the operator, the tool operating to sever the spermatic cord by searing or cauterization and comprising a pair... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4501951 | Electric heating element for sterilely cutting and welding together thermoplastic tubes An electric heating element for sterilely cutting and welding together a pair of thermoplastic tubes transversely of the axis of each tube includes as an outer layer a folded sheet of a metal, such as copper, aluminum, silver or gold, having a thermal con... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4485810 | Surgical cutting blade The cutting instrument of this invention is adapted to be heated to a predetermined temperature range and includes a steel substrate having a cutting edge, a copper composition having a yield strength of at least 25,000 p.s.i. laminated to the steel subst... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4485295 | Electrically heated for cutting foam plastic material An apparatus for cutting thermoplastic foam material, such as polyethylene foam or rigid polystyrene foam, includes an electrically heated cutting element made from a steel band and having a sharpened front longitudinal edge and a rear longitudinal edge s... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4481057 | Cutting device and method of manufacture The cutting instrument of this invention is made by threading a heater assembly through a hollow cutting instrument body. A blade having a shank and a blade body including a cutting edge is secured within the hollow cutting instrument body at its shank po... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4473946 | Pyrographic iron tip A pyrographic iron for sculpting fine feather barbs on a realistic wooden bird carving uses interchangeable tips slide fitting on the irons. The tips have a head with a flat surface tapered toward one or two outer edges, the surface having from 3 to 100 s... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4436010 | Apparatus for cutting fusible material The upper end of an elongate electrical resistance cutting element, extending upwardly from a workpiece supporting table, is movably positionable along an arcuate position of a support member to adjustably vary the cutting angle. A fence for guiding the w... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4364390 | Surgical instrument having self-regulating dielectric heating of its cutting edge and method of using the same The cutting edge of a scalpel blade is heated to an elevated preselected constant operating temperature for cutting tissue with simultaneous hemostasis by dielectric heating of the internal structure of the blade in the region along the cutting edge. Sele... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4314559 | Nonstick conductive coating In a preferred embodiment, there is provided a conductive non-stick electrode for use with a hemostatic tissue cutting scalpel wherein, a first layer of conductive material having a textured working surface for contacting tissue is adherently deposited al... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4262417 | Tool for cleaving fiber optic elements A method and tool are disclosed for use in cleaving fiber optic elements preparatory to a splice for joining of two such fiber optic elements. The method comprises the steps of first moving a grooving tool about the entire circumference of a fiber optic e... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4253013 | Electric heating device for warming the shaving head of an electric shaver The shaver warmer of this invention includes a heat transfer portion which almost closely fits the shaver head of the electric shaver to be warmed. A heat supply portion is directly connected to the heat transfer portion and a temperature control portion ... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4238664 | Burn-in knife with edge guide A burn-in knife for furniture repair has an electrically heated blade and is provided with an adjustable edge guide assembly mounted on the knife handle for supporting the knife on a workpiece and maintaining the working edge of the blade at a predetermin... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4231371 | Electrically heated surgical cutting instrument A surgical cutting instrument includes an electrically heated cutting edge and a power supply system for maintaining the cutting edge at a constant high temperature for sterilizing the blade, cutting tissue and cauterizing the incised tissue to reduce hem... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4209017 | Surgical instrument having self-regulating radiant heating of its cutting edge and method of using the same The cutting edge of a scalpel blade is heated to an elevated preselected constant operating temperature for cutting tissue with simultaneous hemostasis by radiant heating of the blade in the region along the cutting edge. Radiant energy is contained withi... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4207896 | Surgical instrument having self-regulating dielectric heating of its cutting edge The cutting edge of a scalpel blade is heated to an elevated preselected constant operating temperature for cutting tissue with simultaneous hemostasis by dielectric heating of the internal structure of the blade in the region along the cutting edge. Sele... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4206759 | Surgical instrument having self-regulated vapor condensation heating of its cutting edge and method of using the same The temperature of the cutting edge of a surgical cutting instrument is maintained within a preselected temperature range for surgical cutting and simultaneous hemostasis by conducting heat from a thermal distributing means that is disposed along the cutt... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4198957 | Method of using an electrically heated surgical cutting instrument A surgical cutting instrument includes an electrically heated cutting edge and an automatic control system for maintaining the cutting edge at a constant high temperature for sterilizing the blade, cutting tissue, and cauterizing the incised tissue to red... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4185632 | Surgical instrument having self-regulated electrical skin-depth heating of its cutting edge and method of using the same The cutting edge of a scalpel blade is resistively heated to a preselected constant temperature range by conduction of high frequency electrical currents within variable skin depths of a ferromagnetic conductor that is disposed on the blade in the region ... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4139760 | Electrically heated kitchen utensil An electrically heated kitchen utensil has a thermally insulated handle provided with an internal electric heating unit adapted to releasably receive and heat a kitchen device, such as a knife, spoon, scoop, dipper or spatula. The heating unit comprises a... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4119836 | Heat-controlled doctor knife A flexible, heat-controlled doctor knife has a flat, flexible, heat-generating element affixed to one side of the knife blade. Blade flexing means which can adjust the angle of the working edge of the knife are provided on one side of the blade, adjacent ... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4108181 | Cautery device for ophthalmic or the like surgical application The invention contemplates a disposable, self-contained, battery-operated cautery featuring a finger-grasping end which is of substantially reduced diameter as compared with the battery-containing body portion of the device. Such reduced finger-grasping p... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4089336 | Electrically heated surgical cutting instrument and method of using the same A surgical cutting instrument includes an electrically heated cutting edge and an automatic control system for maintaining the cutting edge at a constant high temperature for sterilizing the blade, cutting tissue, and cauterizing the incised tissue to red... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4075458 | Compact hair curling iron A hair curling iron is arranged to have a handle with a concave portion pivotally connected to a heatable hair curling assembly including a tubular member heated by an electrical heater means and a plug for conducting electrical current to the electrical ... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4074110 | Hand held electric heating device An electrically powered hand-held heating device having an electrical heating member with a sleeve member disposed thereabout for insulating the user's hand from localized heating of the heating member, a body member formed having an enlarged housing port... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4048471 | Electrically heated spreader assembly having a detachable blade An electrically heated spreader assembly for spreading, smoothing and curing plastic filler material, as in automobile body dents, includes an elongated handle provided with an slide track along a longitudinal edge. A stiff elongated spreader blade made o... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4046148 | Severing and cauterizing instrument for use in severing tails and navel cords The instrument includes a first handle and a first blade pivotally connected scissors-fashion with a second handle and a second blade. One of the blades is formed with a first notch for severing the tail of a pig and with a second notch for severing the n... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4020549 | Hair cutter comb There is disclosed a hair cutter comb including a plurality of parallel spaced apart metallic comb teeth formed along one edge of their one sides with cutting edges. A cutter mechanism overlies such one side and includes a plurality of blade members forme... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4005310 | Electrically heated gravy warming ladle A gravy warming ladle has a bowl comprising a pair of concavo-convex shell-like upper and lower parts with the upper part received within and having its bottom spaced from the lower part to form a hollow cavity therebetween that tapers from a maximum size... | 01/25/1977 |
| 4000395 | Thermal cutting apparatus An apparatus for cutting arbitrary shapes in material, particularly in synthetic plastic foam material, is disclosed. The apparatus includes a bendable, shape-retaining, electrically conductive resitive wire which may be successively formed into any desir... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3992605 | Electrically heated parting tool for removing windshields An electrically heated parting tool for removing windshields and other uses has a holder in the form of a long slender housing mounting a blade-like parting element at one end. The parting element is constructed of thin flat sheet metal and has a generall... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3992604 | Electrically heated ice cream dispenser An electrically heated dispenser for serving frozen desserts, such as ice cream, includes a handle having an electric heating element projecting from the forward end thereof. A removable protective shield at least coextensive in length with the heating el... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3985996 | Thermal cutting apparatus An apparatus for cutting arbitrary shapes in material, particularly in synthetic plastic foam material, comprises a bendable, shape-retaining, electrically conductive resistive wire. The wire may be successively formed into any desired form factor by sele... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3980861 | Electrically heated miniature thermal implement A miniature thermal wire stripper having a pair of heater elements in the form of hollow tubes each with a heater coil disposed therein and affixed to a pair of spring loaded handles for contacting and subsequently melting through thermal (e.g. thermoplas... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3978312 | Variable temperature electric cautery assembly A variable temperature portable cautery includes a housing configured to retain a voltage source, such as a plurality of batteries, and an electrically heated cautery tip carried by the front end of the housing in operative relation with each other. A man... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3968345 | Combined wax and edge sharpening apparatus for skiers A combination waxing device and edge sharpener for skis having a combined file guide and waxing surface; the file being adjustably securable to a lateral side substantially perpendicular to the guide surface. A wax container is provided on the opposite si... | 07/06/1976 |
| 3935425 | Mechanized electrically heated windshield cleaner A hand-held mechanized electrically heated windshield cleaner for removing snow, ice and other material from a motor vehicle windshield includes a hollow pistol-like housing having a gripping portion and a barrel portion extending at right angles thereto.... | 01/27/1976 |
| 3934115 | Method and apparatus for electric singe cutting Thin material such as hair or paper is severed by a singeing process using the heated and opposed edges of two thin strips of metal with the edges closely spaced apart to form a slot and with the edges heated by high frequency electrical current or curren... | 01/20/1976 |
