A hand held device for removing ticks that are fixed to the skin of an animal or human host and comprises a housing oriented along a longitudinal axis, a tick encapsulation zone at the front end of the housing employing an openable and closable lid section capable of closing around the tick while the tick is attached to the skin of the host. A piezoelectric voltage generation device is located within the housing and activated by a striker to send a high voltage through two lead wires having their distal ends mounted within the tick encapsulation zone in gapped relationship. A trigger is mounted along an axis tangential to the longitudinal axis for triggering the piezoelectric device to send a high voltage across the electrode gap to electrocute the tick. The electrocuted tick automatically becomes detached from the host's skin and falls into the closed encapsulation zone of the device.

A lice brush includes a body that supports a plurality of bristles. The body also includes a handle. One or more of the plurality of bristles is configured for use in brushing a user's hair for lice. In particular, one or more of the bristles includes recesses, grooves, indentations, notches, pits or similar inwardly-extending spaces configured to facilitate removal of lice as the bristles pass through the hair. Multiple bristles can be provided in a bristle unit and multiple bristle units can be employed in a bristle assembly of the brush.

A system and method for treating head lice, and, more particularly, but not exclusively, to a system to trap and/or eradicate head lice from a subject passively.

A lice brush includes a body that supports a plurality of bristles. The body also includes a handle. One or more of the plurality of bristles is configured for use in brushing a user's hair for lice. In particular, one or more of the bristles includes recesses, grooves, indentations, notches, pits or similar inwardly-extending spaces configured to facilitate removal of lice as the bristles pass through the hair. Multiple bristles can be provided in a bristle unit and multiple bristle units can be employed in a bristle assembly of the brush.

This disclosure relates generally to a system and method for the delivery of cooled air selectably using a device with removable component which directs cooled air to a desired area at or near the hair of a subject. The device may have one or more components which may be quickly and easily removed and replaced.

An apparatus for extracting parasites from a rectum includes a shaft and a guard portion. The shaft with a distal portion is configured to be inserted through an anus into the rectum, the distal portion of the shaft including a plurality of protrusions or a plurality of grooves designed to catch and hold parasites when removed from the rectum, the shaft further including a proximal portion designed to serve as a handle. The guard portion is positioned on the shaft between the proximal portion and the distal portion of the shaft to prevent the distal portion from being inserted into the rectum further than a predefined distance.

A devise for retracting or opening a tissue wound employs two retractor arms that do not enter or penetrate into the wound. The retractor arms engage the tissue on either side of the wound and apply outward pressure on the tissue surface to open the wound.

A tick removal and capturing device of embodiments of the disclosed technology includes a first end and a second end removably attachable to the first end, with a pivot point attached there-between. A removably attached combination of the first and second ends form a tick removal head and a tick encapsulation chamber, the chamber disposed between the tick removal head and the pivot point. The tick encapsulation chamber is adapted to substantially fully encapsulate a tick therein in the removably attached combination.

A kit for removing an imbedded tick from epidermal tissue of a mammal comprises a container configured to receive a liquid with a rim sized to surround the tick and a prescribed volume of liquid disinfectant in the container and adapted to sanitize the tissue and tick. The prescribed volume is less than a container volume to provide an air gap between the rim and a top surface of the liquid disinfectant so that the disinfectant can flow to fill the neck when the container is tilted. A method for tick extraction comprises providing the container with the prescribed volume of liquid disinfectant therein; locating the container rim on the mammal in a manner forming a seal therewith and surrounding the tick; submerging the tick in the liquid disinfectant for a prescribed duration; and removing, from the mammal, the container with the liquid disinfectant substantially received therein and the tick.

A lice brush includes a body that supports a plurality of bristles. The body also includes a handle. One or more of the plurality of bristles is configured for use in brushing a user's hair for lice. In particular, one or more of the bristles includes recesses, grooves, indentations, notches, pits or similar inwardly-extending spaces configured to facilitate removal of lice as the bristles pass through the hair. Multiple bristles can be provided in a bristle unit and multiple bristle units can be employed in a bristle assembly of the brush.