Enrique H Vallota
Physician in Pasadena, CA
License number
Utah 310928-8905
Issued Date
Jan 10, 1996
Expiration Date
Jan 31, 2014
Category
Physician
Type
Physician/Surgeon CS (Schedule 2-5)
Address
Address
Pasadena, CA
Professional information
Dermal Exciser
US Patent:
5209755, May 11, 1993
Filed:
Jun 5, 1992
Appl. No.:
7/893731
Inventors:
Stella Abrahan - San Marino CA
Enrique Vallota - San Marino CA
Enrique Vallota - San Marino CA
International Classification:
A61B 1000
US Classification:
606132
Abstract:
A skin cutter instrument for excising ellipsoid-shaped samples of skin from a patient is disclosed. The skin cutter has a hollow tube, a spring and rod combination within the tube, an assembly with multiple pivotable joints, and two skin cutting blades. The assembly carries out a scissoring motion when the rod is pressed down, causing the blades to come together and thereby remove the skin sample. The blades can have either concave cutting surfaces, or straight cutting surfaces that are deformed into an arc shape. Either blade cutting surface configuration allows for excision of the desired ellipsoid-shaped tissue sample from the patient.