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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2020
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ag, Zug, CH;
Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Paul McGovern, Hanson, MA (US);
Chun Liu, Brookline, MA (US);
Christopher David MacCready, Medfield, MA (US);
Ali Hosseini, Quincy, MA (US);
Timothy Young, Natick, MA (US);
Geoffrey Ian Karasic, Raynham, MA (US);
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG, Zug, CH;
Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A system for improving graft harvesting including a blade guide () having a handle () and a guide portion with an elongate slot (). The system may also include a first blade assembly () that slides along the elongate slot (), the blade assembly () having a cutting blade () rotatably coupled to a handle (). The cutting blade () may include a leading cutting edge and a trailing cutting edge. The blade assembly () and blade guide () may cooperate to control a depth of blade penetration into a tissue, as the blade slides along the elongate slot (). The blade guide () may include means to stabilize the guide with the tissue.