QUADRICEPS TENDON STRIPPER/CUTTER

摘要

Instruments and methods that allow for a minimally invasive way to harvest a tissue graft which has been typically done as a full open procedure. The instrument is a hybrid stripper/cutter device provided with both stripping and cutting blades/mechanisms that allow stripping and cutting of the tissue graft with the same hybrid instrument. The present invention also provides a minimally invasive technique for stripping and cutting (resecting) a tissue graft by employing a single, hybrid stripper/cutter instrument. The technique provides a consistently good-quality graft with improved cosmetic results, and is simple and easily reproducible.

主权项

1. A method of harvesting a graft, comprising the steps of
releasing a distal end of a graft while a proximal end of the graft remains attached to a proximal attachment point; placing the distal end of the graft through an opening of a stripper/cutter instrument; and advancing the stripper/cutter instrument along a length of the graft and towards the proximal end of the graft, and then cutting the graft subcutaneously at a desired length with the stripper/cutter instrument.