US 12,454,068 B2
Surgical clipper blade assemblies including surgical clipper blades with skin preparation composition
Robert Radford, Skokie, IL (US); Sara Tillman, Vernon Hills, IL (US); Camille A. Sendlak, Arlington Heights, IL (US); and Isaias Tellez, Kenosha, WI (US)
Assigned to C.R. Bard, Inc.
Filed by CareFusion 2200, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/090,264.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/931,490, filed on Nov. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0129361 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. B26B 19/06 (2006.01); B26B 19/04 (2006.01); B26B 19/38 (2006.01); B26B 19/40 (2006.01)
CPC B26B 19/06 (2013.01) [B26B 19/046 (2013.01); B26B 19/382 (2013.01); B26B 19/40 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical clipper blade assembly comprising:
a stationary blade;
a moveable blade adjacent the stationary blade, the moveable blade configured to reciprocate relative to the stationary blade to remove hair from a skin area;
a blade housing that houses the stationary blade and the moveable blade, the blade housing having a guide surface that faces the skin area during a hair removal process; and
a skin conditioning member in the form of a pad that extends along a skin facing surface of the stationary blade, the skin conditioning member comprising a material formed of a matrix of insoluble polymer and a skin preparation composition dispersed in the matrix;
wherein the moveable blade is configured such that reciprocating motion of the moveable blade vibrates the skin conditioning member against the skin area as the skin preparation composition is released onto the skin area;
wherein the skin conditioning member is carried on a side of the stationary blade that is opposite the moveable blade on a leading edge of the blade housing adjacent the guide surface and the material formed of the matrix of insoluble polymer is arranged and configured to be sandwiched between the stationary blade and the skin area with the guide surface in contact with the skin area during the hair removal process;
wherein the material formed of the matrix of insoluble polymer abuts both the stationary blade and the guide surface, the blade housing defining the guide surface.