ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,569, issued on June 16, was assigned to Nano Surgical Inc. (Delray Beach, Fla.).
"Sharps blade ejector mechanism" was invented by Steven M. Hacker (Delray Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sharps blade ejector mechanism for safely removing used sharps blade from various surgical instrument handles without the need for using additional blade remover devices, needle holder instruments, or physical contact with the sharps blade is disclosed. The sharps blade ejector mechanism comprises a specifically configured handle in coordination with a molded sharps blade unit. The handle may be illuminated. The sharps blade may be a sca...