A set of 4 or 5 folding multi - tool knives, all stainless steel, sterilizable by boiling,with a varied assortment. Number 1 would have a holder for disposable scalpel blade, scissors, probe and so forth; 2 and 3 would have hemostats and accessory tools, 4 and 5 would duplicate some functions and add a set of dental picks, suturing tools, etc.
-- batou, Mar 04 2010

Sharp things. [+]
-- 8th of 7, Mar 04 2010


Hinges would require extra care with steralisation. [-]
-- Aristotle, Mar 04 2010


maybe the hinge pin pulls out or the blades are otherwise made 100% open surface. Problem is you would need it to be assembled and placed in a steri-pak until needed. I'm not seeing a lot of application for this, the final unit is going to be clunky and heavy, with hinges, and not much smaller than a conventional flat packet of tools.
-- WcW, Mar 04 2010


1. Does the surgeon *have* to be Swiss?
2. Tools and instruments are the same?
3. "Dr. Scissorhands, we're ready for the next patient"?

-- blissmiss, Mar 04 2010


hehe, good one [blissy]!!
this would be much too cumbersome as [21] has stated.
-- xandram, Mar 04 2010


[21] You have identified several reasons why this is impractical, for both the surgeon and the patient, and why such a tool could potentially even injure the surgeon. Yet you seem to have given it a [-].....you are an enigma.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Mar 04 2010


thou.

No, wait, as you were.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Mar 04 2010


// as you were. //

Er, "as thou wert" ?

Second person, singular, imperfect ?
-- 8th of 7, Mar 05 2010



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