title: A new knife handle with a safe blade-release design for surgical and laboratory use.
abstract: This new knife handle is designed for all Bard-Parker blades. It safely releases the blade through a mechanism that is intended to reduce the risk of injury and subsequent infection by blood-borne pathogens.
authors.affiliation: LSU Eye Center, Louisiana State University Medical Center School of Medicine, New Orleans.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wafapoor
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Peyman
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013525:Surgical Instruments