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US5595569:
Spoon shaped tick remover
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Hebbard, Rick; Dover, NH 03820
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1997-01-21
/ 1994-09-07
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| Application Number: |
US1994000301600
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| IPC Code: |
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A61B 17/50;
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IPC-7:
A61B 19/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61B17/50;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
606/131;
Original:
606/131;
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| Field of Search: |
030/141,145-150,324,325
606/131,1,205-211,133
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| Priority Number: |
| 1994-09-07 |
US1994000301600 |
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| Abstract: |
The invention is a spoon-shaped device for removing ticks from pets and other hosts. The outer or leading edge of the spoon bowl has a beveled V-shaped notch of a size to permit the bowl to be passed between the tick and the skin of the host until the scoop engages the tick underneath its body on three sides. A further forward sliding motion of the notched area along the skin releases the tick entirely.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Strimbeck, Esquire, Lee A. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Pellegrino, Stephen C.; Dawson, Glenn
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A device for removing a blood sucking parasite such as a tick from a host comprising:
- a spoon-shaped member having a handle with a scoop at one end, said scoop having a rim and an outer end opposite said handle, said rim and said handle lying in the same plane and said outer end having a single notch therein of a size and shape for permitting the scoop at said notch to be moved laterally across the surface of the skin of the host and passed between said parasite and the skin with said handle roughly perpendicular to said skin until said notch engages the parasite underneath the parasite's body; the notch being sized and configured so as to extract the parasite by further lateral movement of the notch relative to the parasite.
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