Jacob X Jolly

US Patent:

20140277020, Sep 18, 2014

Filed:

Mar 11, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/204760

Inventors:

- Naples FL, US
Zachary A. Ingwer - Boca Raton FL, US
Jacob A. Jolly - Naples FL, US

Assignee:

Arthrex, Inc. - Naples FL

International Classification:

A61B 17/00
A61B 17/16
A61B 17/32

US Classification:

606167

Abstract:

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.