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US5607434:
Device for and method of removing ticks
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Alvino, Joseph J.; Newfield, NJ 08344
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1997-03-04
/ 1995-08-08
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| Application Number: |
US1995000512480
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A61B 17/50;
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IPC-7:
A61B 17/50;
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| ECLA Code: |
A61B17/50;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
606/131;
030/124;
606/210;
Original:
606/131;
606/210;
030/124;
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| Field of Search: |
606/131,210,138,205,206,211
294/100
254/018
081/300,304,3.44,3.45
030/124,136,137
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| Priority Number: |
| 1995-08-08 |
US1995000512480 |
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| Abstract: |
A tick removing device includes an upwardly angled fixed front end section with a V-shaped notch opening to the front with two blunt points. A bottom surface of the front end is slid along the skin of the host toward the embedded tick with a slight pressure sliding the opening of the V-shaped notch past the tick until the narrowing edges of the V-shaped notch contact the tick's body lifting the tick away from the flesh. The device includes a cup or a sticky patch to catch the removed tick.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Lennox & Murtha, P.A. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Hafer, Robert A.; Yu, Justine
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| Maintenance Status: |
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A tick removing device to lift off ticks that have penetrated an animal's skin, the device comprising an integral elongate body comprising:
- (a) a top, bottom, a front end, and a rear end,
- (b) a rear end section shaped to be grasped in a hand of a person,
- (c) a front end section comprising:
- (i) a "V" shaped notch cut into the front end with a point of the notch extending towards the rear end and a wide portion of the notch opening through the front end,
- (ii) an upper surface rearwardly of the point of the notch,
- (iii) a bottom face of a bottom wall angled frontwardly and upwardly from a location at or rearwardly of the point of the notch, and
- (iv) side edges of the notch proximate the point of the notch being sufficiently thin to allow the edges to be moved between the body of the tick and the animal's skin, and
- (d) holding means to hold the tick on the device comprising a high sliding friction section of contact adhesive located on said upper surface, the level of friction being sufficient to prevent the tick from sliding off the device.
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| Forward References: |
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