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US 2014/0236180 A1Published application
Dermatome with Adjustable Width and Depth Guards
AssigneesBioVentures, LLC, Arkansas Children's Research Institute
InventorsGal Shafirstein, Anjay K. Khandelwal, James C. Walker
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Abstract
A dermatome including a battery unit, a handle, and a head portion. The head portion includes guards capable of being adjusted to control the width and the depth of the cut without an interruption in the medical procedure.
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A device for harvesting skin, comprising a handle connected between a battery unit and a head unit, wherein said head unit comprises:
- (a) an axle connected between a right side wall of said head unit and a left side wall of said head unit;
- (b) a blade having a blade edge;
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- (c) two blade guard units slidably receiving said axle, wherein a portion of said blade edge is exposed between said two blade guard units, wherein said two blade guard units are laterally adjustable on said axle in real time.
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A method for harvesting skin, wherein said method comprises:
- (a) positioning a device for harvesting skin on a skin surface of a subject, wherein said device for harvesting skin comprises a handle connected between a battery unit and a head unit, wherein said head unit comprises an axle connected between a right side wall of said head unit and a left side wall of said head unit, a blade having a blade edge, and two blade guard units slidably receiving said axle;
- (b) moving said device for harvesting skin across said skin surface of said subject, wherein said blade edge cuts a first width of a skin from said skin surface of said subject, wherein said first width of said skin corresponds to a first distance between said two blade guard units;
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- (c) laterally adjusting said two blade guard units on said axle in real time, wherein said distance between said two blade guard units is increased or decreased;
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- (d) moving said device for harvesting skin across said skin surface of said subject, wherein said blade edge cuts a second width of said skin from said skin surface of said subject, wherein said second width of said skin corresponds to a second distance between said two blade guard units.
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