A gripper head for grabbing and fixing a tick comprises two facing gripping jaws, wherein the gripper head can adopt a state with open gripping jaws and a state with closed gripping jaws. The gripper head further comprises a holder comprising a closing spring for holding the two gripping jaws, wherein the gripping jaws are configured such that each of them has a curved outer side and a flat inner side, the closing spring acts on the two gripping jaws, and in the closed state of the gripping jaws the flat inner sides of the two gripping jaws lie on each other such that a closed body is formed. The gripper head is design to be accommodated and fastened to a tick gripper.

A gripper head for grabbing and fixing a tick comprises two facing gripping jaws, wherein the gripper head can adopt a state with open gripping jaws and a state with closed gripping jaws. The gripper head further comprises a holder comprising a closing spring for holding the two gripping jaws, wherein the gripping jaws are configured such that each of them has a curved outer side and a flat inner side, the closing spring acts on the two gripping jaws, and in the closed state of the gripping jaws the flat inner sides of the two gripping jaws lie on each other such that a closed body is formed. The gripper head is design to be accommodated and fastened to a tick gripper.

The present disclosure is concerned with an attachment for an epilator or an epilator having an axle arranged for driven movement around a center axle axis, an end plate arranged at a first end of the axle for rotation together with the axle, the end plate having at least a first functional surface, a first clamping element having a functional surface, the first functional surface of the end plate being arranged face-to-face with the functional surface of the first clamping element, and the first clamping element being arranged for repeatedly being moved towards and away from the end plate such that repeatedly a closed position is obtained in which the two functional surfaces abut on each other, wherein the end plate is an outer part of the epilator or the attachment for an epilator.

A device for moving an acarine parasite which has penetrated the skin of a host, in particular a tick, has a drive, in particular an electromotive drive, which is received in a housing, and an attachment, which has an interface on the drive side and can be rotated about a rotational axis and which contains a number of fibers arranged in the form of bristles as a fiber assembly. The fiber assembly has a recess, preferably a coaxial recess, in particular a conical or truncated conical or parabolic recess, and a fiber wreath assembly, which is formed by the fibers at the free ends thereof along the circumference of the recess and which has at least one fiber wreath with a wreath width which is greater than or equal to 0.3 mm, preferably 0.8±0.4.

A device for moving an acarine parasite which has penetrated the skin of a host, in particular a tick, has a drive, in particular an electromotive drive, which is received in a housing, and an attachment, which has an interface on the drive side and can be rotated about a rotational axis and which contains a number of fibers arranged in the form of bristles as a fiber assembly. The fiber assembly has a recess, preferably a coaxial recess, in particular a conical or truncated conical or parabolic recess, and a fiber wreath assembly, which is formed by the fibers at the free ends thereof along the circumference of the recess and which has at least one fiber wreath with a wreath width which is greater than or equal to 0.3 mm, preferably 0.8±0.4.

A facial treatment apparatus includes a housing, a facial treatment member mounted to the housing, and dimensioned for application to facial skin of a subject and being actuable to treat the facial skin, a visual display including a facial icon having a plurality of regions corresponding to different areas of the facial skin to be treated by the facial treatment member, an electronic timer adapted to count time associated with a treatment protocol and responsive to actuation of the facial treatment member and a controller associated with the timer and the facial icon and cooperating to visually identify a different region of the facial icon at successive predetermined time intervals of the treatment protocol.

An endoscopic treatment tool according to the present invention including: a sheath an operating wire inserted into a sheath; a basket part positioned at a distal side of the operating wire, a distal end tip binding and fixing distal ends of the plurality of basket wires at a distal end of the basket part, a binding part in which proximal end portions of the plurality of basket wires are bound together and fixed, and a support member disposed so as to pass into the basket part along a central axis of the basket part and of which a distal end portion is fixed to the distal end tip. A proximal end portion of the support member is positioned at a proximal side than the binding part and is connected to the operating wire to be slidable in the central axis direction with respect to the operating wire.

An endoscopic treatment tool according to the present invention including: a sheath an operating wire inserted into a sheath; a basket part positioned at a distal side of the operating wire, a distal end tip binding and fixing distal ends of the plurality of basket wires at a distal end of the basket part, a binding part in which proximal end portions of the plurality of basket wires are bound together and fixed, and a support member disposed so as to pass into the basket part along a central axis of the basket part and of which a distal end portion is fixed to the distal end tip. A proximal end portion of the support member is positioned at a proximal side than the binding part and is connected to the operating wire to be slidable in the central axis direction with respect to the operating wire.

Methods, devices and systems for separating an implanted object, such as a lead attached to a cardiac conduction device, from formed tissue within a blood vessel are provided. The methods, devices and systems for separating a lead from the tissue relate to dilating the tissue surrounding the lead from underneath the tissue and/or between the lead and the tissue.

Methods, devices and systems for separating an implanted object, such as a lead attached to a cardiac conduction device, from formed tissue within a blood vessel are provided. The methods, devices and systems for separating a lead from the tissue relate to dilating the tissue surrounding the lead from underneath the tissue and/or between the lead and the tissue.