Page 55 of Design for our future selves 2001 Awards by Helen Hamlyn Research Centre - Royal College of Art

53 Edward Goodwin/Industrial Design Engineering craft and medical scalpels Scalpels are used by surgeons, craftsmen, modelmakers, pattern cutters, leather workers, lighting manufacturers and furniture makers the list goes on. This two-part project for a disposable surgical scalpel and its reusable metal equivalent eliminates some of the problems relating to current designs. The safety issues of applying, removing and storing blades for metal scalpels have been resolved. By integrating blade dispensing and storage into the handle, the user can locate and apply them quickly and avoid injury. The design of the standard disposable scalpel, modelled as it is on its metal equivalent, has also been rethought and the manufacturing process optimised.

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