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HOOK BLADE [6 records]

Record 1 2017-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

Scissors for stitch removal that have a hook-shaped point on one blade to hook under the stitch before cutting it with the opposing blade.

OBS

Stitch scissors are used for cutting the sutures. ... All stitch scissors are made of surgical stainless steel. They are autoclavable. ... The bottom blade is blunt and can easily lift and grasp the suture to be snipped.

PHR

Angled suture scissors, northbent suture scissors, shortbend suture scissors, Buck suture scissors, Laschal suture scissors, Littauer suture scissors, O’Brien suture scissors, Spencer suture scissors

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
CONT

Les ciseaux à suture [sont] indispensables pour couper les fils avec précision, ils permettent, lorsqu'ils sont correctement affûtés, de couper d'un geste le fil sans le déchiqueter, ce qui garantit la qualité du nœud d'arrêt.

OBS

Les termes «ligature» et «suture» ne sont pas synonymes. Ligature désigne le matériel (fils d'origine animale, végétale, minérale ou synthétique) utilisé pour lier un vaisseau sanguin ou lymphatique (hémostase), un conduit naturel, une portion de tissu, d'organe ou de tumeur. Il désigne également le résultat de cette action. La suture est tout procédé (fils, agrafes, pansement collé, etc.) qui permet la réunion des berges d'une plaie ou le rétablissement de la continuité d'un tissu ou d'un organe. Stricto sensu, la suture est une couture, alors que la ligature est un nœud.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A handled hook with a delicate sharp point used for fixing and retracting the margins of an incision in the dura matter.

CONT

Next, the "dura mater, "which is the thickest and toughest("durable") of the layers of tissue protecting the brain and spinal cord, and the one which is outermost, is opened. For this, one usually uses a dura hook to retract the dura away from the brain so that it is not cut when incised with sharp tip of a number 11 scalpel blade.

OBS

There are many varieties of dura hooks, often bearing the name of their inventor : Adson dura hook; Cushing dura hook; Frazier dura hook; Graham dura hook; Sachs dura hook; Tönnis dura hook; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
DEF

A small emergency knife, carried in the jumpsuit or on the parachute harness, that is designed to cut through fouled lines or bound webbing. Resembling a seatbelt cutter, the knife forms a blunt hook around an inside cutting edge(such as a concealed razor blade), which only slices on a pull stroke.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

UP Coupe-Suspentes. Très facile à transporter, ce coupe-suspentes peut tout simplement vous sauver la vie en cas d'urgence. Indispensable en cas d'atterrissage dans l'eau, de conflit entre la voile et le parachute de secours!

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rough Carpentry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Charpenterie

Spanish

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Record 5 1987-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Woodworking
DEF

an adjustable stop with a projecting knife or hook that holds a piece of work on the bench.

CONT

Blocking knife.... The blade is forged to an iron bar varying in length from 1 to 4 ft. This bar has a hook at one end, and a handle, often T-shaped, at the other. The hook engages with an eye-bolt fixed to a bench or stool to form a hinge. In operation, one hand holds the wood to be shaped, while the other, by moving the knife up and down, pares away the unwanted wood, using the bar as a lever. The longer [size]... is used by cloggers, brush, and by boot-last and boot-tree makers; the smaller sizes are used for shaping rake tines, tent pegs, wooden spoons, etc.

OBS

All the terms listed above, except "bench knife" are common to England.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Travail du bois
DEF

Outil à main de sabotier ou de formier, composé d'une lame pouvant prendre diverses positions autour d'une de ses extrémités formant pivot, et qui sert à dégrossir les bûches ou les ébauches.

OBS

Le découpage d'une billette, pour qu'elle s'adapte au pied humain, demande de l'habileté et de nombreux coups de lames différentes. L'avantage des couteaux à leviers utilisés pour ce découpage est que vous pouvez exercer un gros effort sur la lame tout en présentant le bois sous n'importe quel angle.

Spanish

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Record 6 1982-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Fixtures
OBS

Dial-ese-sink supply fitting with pail hook and brace to wall above spout-aerator-Dial-ese controls-indexed lever, cross or blade handles(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils sanitaires
OBS

Dial-ese - Robinetterie d'alimentation pour évier avec crochet pour seau et support mural au dessus du bec - gazéificateur - contrôles Dial-ese - manettes à coiffes marquées: à volant, à croisillons ou à lames (...)

Spanish

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