Patent ID: 6530936
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An apparatus for harvesting cartilage, comprising:a cartilage harvesting pipe having a cutting blade formed on the edge of a front end of the cartilage harvesting pipe and a guide plate formed in a portion of the front end of the harvesting cartilage pipe, the portion of the front end projecting more forward than the remaining portion of the front end of the cartilage harvesting pipe; a driving means for moving the cartilage harvesting pipe; a connecting member for connecting the cartilage harvesting pipe to the driving means; and a cutting member made of a wire for separating the cartilage from a cartilaginous tissue by cutting the cartilage which is harvested using the cartilage harvesting pipe, wherein the guide plate has through holes and a projection which is formed on the lower part of the back outer surface of the rear part of the cartilage harvesting pipe, the cutting member passes through the through holes, the middle portion of the cutting member releasably hung on the projection, and the two ends of the cutting member being positioned on the upper part of the back outer surface of the cartilage harvesting pipe.