Sterile anesthetic instruments

Claim 1

A sterile anesthetic instrument for producing local anesthesia through cataphoric transport of anesthetic agents, said instrument comprising: a bottom encapsulating portion; a central body having first and second ends and hermetically sealed at the first end to said bottom encapsulating portion, said central body having a longitudinal axis and having a rectangular cross-section perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, said central body also comprising a self-contained battery and an electrically conducting outer surface area electrically connected to one terminal of said battery; a rigid arm having a longitudinal axis and an electrically insulated outer surface hermetically sealed at one end to said second end of said central body portion and having the opposite end of said rigid arm extending away from said central body portion along the longitudinal axis of said rigid arm, wherein said battery is hermetically sealed between said bottom encapsulating portion and said extending arm; an absorbent structure means for absorbing and storing a quantity of said anesthetic agent; an electrically conducting socket receiving said absorbent structure and positively retaining said absorbent structure therein, said socket being disposed on said opposite end of said rigid arm and electrically connected to the remaining terminal of said battery through said rigid arm; said socket also being recessed within an insulating material to prevent direct contact with a user''s skin surface, said socket having a central axis disposed at a right angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of said rigid arm; and the central axis of said socket being disposed at a predetermined angular relationship with respect to the longer dimension of said rectangular cross section of said central body.