Electrically heated medical implement

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A BATTERY-ENERGIZED MINIATURE ELECTRIC IMPLEMENT OF THE CHARACTER TO PROVIDE A HIGHLY LOCALIZED SOURCE OF HEAT COMPRISING: A HOLLOW SUBSTANTIALLY TUBULAR BODY MEMBER HAVING A FRONT, SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED END AND A REAR, OPEN END ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AT LEAST THE END OF A PENLIGHT DRY CELL BATTERY; A SHORT CYLINDRICAL PLASTIC SWITCH PLUG BODY HAVING AN OUTER DIAMETER APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE INNER DIAMETER OF SAID BODY MEMBER DISPOSED THEREWITHIN BETWEEN SAID FRONT AND REAR ENDS, SAID PLUG BODY BEING INTERNALLY RELIEVED TO DEFINE A SWITCH CAVITY AND BEING, IN REGISTER WITH SAID BODY MEMBER, RADIALLY RELIEVED TO FORM A PASSAGEWAY COMMUNICATING FROM OUTSIDE OF SAID BODY INTO SAID SWITCH CAVITY: A FIRST SWITCH CONDUCTOR EXTENDING FROM THE REAR OF SAID PLUG BODY INTO SAID CAVITY AND HAVING A TERMINAL MEMBER AT ITS REARWARD END ADAPTED TO ENGAGE ONE TERMINAL OF SAID BATTERY; A SECOND SWITCH CONDUCTOR EXTENDING FROM THE FRONT OF SAID PLUG BODY INTO SAID CAVITY AND HAVING A PORTION THEREOF WITHIN SAID CAVITY DISPOSED IN A JUXTAPOSED RELATIONSHIP WITH A PORTION OF SAID FIRST CONDUCTOR, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CONDUCTORS BEING CANTILEVERED INTO SAID CAVITY AND BEING RESILIENTLY BENDABLY URGEABLE INTO CONTACT WITH THE OTHER; FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRODES EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY AXIALLY THROUGH SAID CLOSED END OF SAID BODY MEMBER AND SPACED FROM EACH OTHER, ONE OF SAID ELECTRODES BEING CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND SWITCH CONDUCTOR; AN ELONGATED CONDUCTOR EXTENDING FROM CONNECTION WITH THE OTHER OF SAID ELECTRODES PAST SAID PLUG BODY AND TO SAID OPEN END OF SAID BODY MEMBER AND BEING ADAPTED TO FORM AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION EXTERNALLY OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID BODY MEMBER; CONDUCTOR MEANS CARRIED REMOVABLY BY SAID BODY MEMBER AND HAVING A TERMINAL MEMBER ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE OTHER TERMINAL OF SAID BATTERY FOR CONNECTING IT ELECTRICALLY WITH SAID ELECTRICAL CONNECTION OF SAID ELONGATED CONDUCTOR; PUSH BUTTON SWITCH ACTUATOR MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID PASSAGEWAY AND HAVING AN ACTUATOR MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH A PORTION OF SAID PASSAGEWAY AND BEING OPERABLE EXTERNALLY OF SAID BODY MEMBER; AND HEATING ELEMENT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SUSPENDED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND ELECTRODES EXTERNALLY OF SAID BODY MEMBER.