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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7124511 | Razor blade A razor blade is provided, which achieves improved safety in use and reduced cutting resistance to an object to be cut such as beard and hair, as compared with conventional razor blades. This razor blade can be obtained by using, as a silicon thin sheet, a single cr... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6817102 | Trimmer head A trimmer head for use with rotary vegetation cutting devices is disclosed. The head has a wear guide that indicates when the body of the trimmer head is worn down and needs replacement. In an embodiment of the invention, the body comprises two plates that are molde... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6207294 | Self-sharpening, laminated cutting tool and method for making the tool An explosive laminated cutting tool which provides a self sharpening edge. The improved cutting tool s preferably comprised of two softer metals adhered to a hard central layer forming the cutting edge, with the central layer being made of such a material... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5297345 | Slicing knife with non-stick blade A slicing knife comprises a handle and a blade extending from one end of the handle where the blade is generally rectangular in shape and has opposed edges honed to a knife edge. Formed into the thickness dimension of the blade are a plurality of zones of... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5265343 | Blade collet A collet for attaching a blade to a surgical saw is biased toward a closed position in which the blade is securely clamped between a drive member and a clamping member. A rotational movement of a knob is converted into a translational movement of the clam... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5258002 | Dual tapered surgical knife A surgical knife having a handle and a blade, the blade having a blunt tip, a generally V-shaped cutting portion extending from the blunt tip to the widest part of the blade and tapered portion extending from the widest part of the blade to the point of a... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5183120 | Lawn cutting apparatus With a view to accelerating growth of lawn in the fairway of golf course, or other lawn-covered ground, there is provided a lawn cutting apparatus which forms incised grooves of a predetermined depth in the lawn-covered grown surface by rotating of the cu... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5156610 | Catheter atherotome A catheter atherotome and method for its use for performing partial atherectomy in an artery and thereby enlarging the lumen effectively available for blood flow through the artery. Several blades are mounted at a distal end of a catheter, in a helical ba... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5111583 | Bladed implement A bladed implement such as a knife, has a flexible blade extending from a handle. The blade can be rigidified for use by a series of slides which run along a slot in the blade and which can be forced into and held in end to end contact by an operating mec... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4908944 | Strap-severing tool The tool is formed of a pair of planar webs which are spaced apart, in a parallel disposition, and are joined, along common sides thereof, in a spine. One of the webs has a diagonal cutting edge formed therealong, and the other thereof is integral with an... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4617930 | Blade stiffener A simple planar saw blade stiffening element for use with an orthopaedic saw is described, which enables a surgeon to make very accurate bone cuts without flexing of a standard saw blade.... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4386609 | Attaching assembly for an osteotomy saw blade An attaching assembly for releasably attaching an osteotomy saw blade in a drive assembly. The attaching assembly comprises a drive member including a head portion having a slot adapted to receive an end portion of blade with a larger portion of an apertu... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4036236 | Surgical saw A blade for a surgical saw having a handpiece, a chuck and drive means for reciprocating the chuck in an axial direction. The blade is long, relatively thin and has an integral ridge on one side thereof extending lengthwise thereof. The ridge is intermedi... | 07/19/1977 |
