Device with a flexible shaft for removing bone grafts

Abstract

Abstract The invention relates to a device for removing bone grafts, comprising a cutting tool (16) with a cutting head (1), a longitudinal shaft (8) attached to the cutting head (1) and driving means (14) for the rotational movement of the cutting tool (16), wherein the bone grafts that have been cut by the cutting head (1) can be conveyed through a continuos bore (10) in the cutting tool (16), the shaft (8) is elastically mounted on a part (22) attached to the cutting head (1) enabling torsion and/or bending around the longitudinal axis, the device can additionally comprise a vacuum container (17) and the shaft (8) can also be attached to the container (17) during cutting and removal of bone grafts by the end (21) which is distant from the cutting head (1).

Inventors

• 👤 Béatrice STEINER
• 👤 Markus Hehli
• 👤 Max Aebi
• 👤 Thomas Steffen

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