SG11201908342XA - Circumcision device - Google Patents

Abstract

2 22 Figure W O 20 18/1630 43 Al (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 13 September 2018 (13.09.2018) WI P0 I PC T omit VIII °nolo omiolino mil oo mom ow (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/163043 Al (51) International Patent Classification: A61B 17/326 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/IB2018/051397 (22) International Filing Date: 05 March 2018 (05.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 2017/01743 10 March 2017 (10.03.2017) ZA (72) Inventor; and (71) Applicant: PARKER, Cyril, Norman [ZA/ZA]; 1 Hanover Road, Fresnaye, 8005 Cape Town (ZA). (72) Inventors: PARKER, Elisabeth, Regina; 1 Hanover Road, Fresnaye, 8005 Cape Town (ZA). VORSTER, Jared, Mark; Unit A, 4th Floor, Equity House, 107 St. George's Mall, Cnr Church Street, 8001 Cape Town (ZA). WISEMAN, David, Christopher; 108 The Delaware, Mill Street, Gardens, 8001 Cape Town (ZA). (74) Agent: VON SEIDELS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTORNEYS; PO Box 440, Century City, 7446 Cape Town (ZA). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (54) Title: CIRCUMCISION DEVICE (57) : A circumcision device is provided by the present invention. The device comprises two jaws (1, 2) configured to crush a foreskin (3) between them along a crush region transverse to a foreskin and transverse to a general direction in which a penis being circumcised extends. The jaws are movable between an open inoperative position and a closed operative position in which a clamping and crushing force may be exerted to promote hemostasis within the crush region. The device includes a cutting assembly (7, 8, 9) capable of traversing and severing a crushed foreskin within or adjacent the crush region. The invention to a glans penis protector comprising a handle (41 ) separable from a transverse glans penis engaging cover (43) so that the handle can be separated from the glans penis engaging cover during a circumcision procedure. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/163043 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMMIMINIMIOMOVOIMIE Declarations under Rule 4.17: as to the applicant's entitlement to claim the priority of the earlier application (Rule 4.17(iii)) of inventorship (Rule 4.17(iv)) Published: with international search report (Art. 21(3)) in black and white; the international application as filed contained color or greyscale and is available for download from PATENTSCOPE