Tick remover
US4938764A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 2, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2017/505
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A tick remover for removing ticks for the skin of a man or an animal including an elongated handle, a wire loop formed integrally with the handle at one end the wire loop including a opening proximate to the handle which is large enough to receive the body of a the tick and a contiguous opening removed from the handle which is large enough to receive the neck of the tick but not large enough to receive the body of the tick, so that the contiguous opening may be fitted about the neck of the tick and the tick's head pulled from the skin.
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