System and method for harvesting a tendon

A surgical device for harvesting a tendon graft strip from a native tendon comprising:

• a handle;
• a shaft extending from the handle;
• and
• a housing extending from the shaft;
• a blade operatively coupled to the shaft, the blade defining a thin planar element and including;
• an aperture extending though a thickness of the blade, the aperture configured to receive the tendon graft strip therethrough, a boundary of the aperture including a cutting edge-surface;
• and
• a leading cutting edge-surface extending along a distal-most end of the blade, distally spaced from the aperture, the leading cutting edge-surface of the blade configured to form a posterior side of the tendon graft strip as the surgical device is advanced along the tendon graft strip.

A surgical device for harvesting a tendon graft strip from a native tendon comprising:

• a handle;
• a shaft extending from the handle;
• and
• a housing extending from the shaft, a distal edge of the housing having a cutting-edge surface;
• a blade operatively coupled to the shaft, the blade defining a thin planar element and including;
• an aperture extending though the blade, the aperture having an opening configured to receive the tendon graft strip therethrough, the aperture defining a boundary that has a cutting edge-surface;
• and
• a leading cutting edge-surface at a distal-most end of the blade, distally spaced from the aperture, the leading cutting edge-surface of the blade configured to form a posterior side of the tendon graft strip as the surgical device is advanced along the tendon graft strip.

A surgical device for harvesting a tendon graft strip from a native tendon comprising:

• a handle;
• a shaft extending from the handle;
• and
• a housing extending from the shaft, a distal edge of the housing having a cutting-edge surface;
• a blade operatively coupled to the shaft, the blade defining a thin planar element and including;
• an aperture extending though the blade, the aperture having an opening configured to receive the tendon graft strip therethrough, the aperture defining a 360-degree bounded hole, wherein at least an edge segment of the bounded hole defines a cutting edge-surface;
• and
• a leading cutting edge-surface at a distal-most end of the blade, distally spaced from the aperture, the leading cutting edge-surface of the blade configured to form a posterior side of the tendon graft strip as the surgical device is advanced along the tendon graft strip;
• wherein the blade is configured to axially retract relative to the housing from an open configuration and a transected configuration, and wherein retracting the blade is configured to expose the housing cutting-edge surface to the tendon strip and transect the tendon graft strip.