Aesculap-Werke Aktiengesellschaft Vormals Jetter & Scheerer

Aesculap-Werke Ag

Aesculap-Werker Aktiengesellschaft, Vormals Jetter & Scheerer

Gerhard Bofinger

Wilfried Wolfle

Werner Mormann

Wilfried Wolfie

A skull trepanation drill having a drive shaft, a main cutter engageable with the drive shaft under axial force and a sleeve-shaped housing slidable axially and rotatably on the drive shaft and provided at its free end with an auxiliary cutter. In use, the sleeve-shaped housing is restrained from axial movement on the drive shaft by a locking body extending into recesses in the housing and drive shaft. The housing is manually releasable from the drive shaft for cleaning by rotation of a cam on the latter. The cam moves a lock bolt axially of the drive shaft to a position permitting the locking body to retract from the recess in the housing.

Skull trepanation drill

A mucotome or mucous membrane cutter for mucogingival membrane surgery is disclosed. The mucotome comprises a handle having a small, compactly designed cutting head arranged on its forward end, the cutting head including a circular cylindrical blade-holding roller which is reciprocable parallel to the blade edge in a guide by means of a drive shaft having an eccentric crank pin engaging in cross grooves of the blade-holding roller. A cutting shoe is mounted to the ends of the blade-holding roller and is rotatable relative to the cutting head through a limited angle. The cutting head is also selectively positionable in at least two angular positions relative to its support. The cutting blade is secured in a longitudinal radial slot in the roller and projects therefrom through a guide slit formed in a crosspiece of the cutting shoe. The construction and arrangement of the cutting head and cutting shoe assure a compact, versatile structure having a number of adjustment possibilities.

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Immendingen-Hattingen, Germany

Gerhard Bofinger