Patent ID: 7625384
Filing Date: 2009-12-01
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for processing harvested dermal tissue supported on a cutting surface, comprising: a housing presenting a handle having a gripping surface and a cutting head attached to the handle; a cutting assembly rotatably connected to the cutting head, the cutting assembly including a plurality of spaced apart blade tips that are configured to cut through the harvested tissue as the cutting assembly rotates along the cutting surface to produce sliced tissue, the blade tips being spaced apart by spacer members having a diameter less than a cutting blade diameter; a tissue separator including a base supported by the housing and a plurality of tines extending outwardly from the base and configured to interdigitate between adjacent blade tips, wherein the tines remove sliced tissue lodged in the cutting assembly, and wherein the tines engage the spacer members; and a receptacle disposed downstream of the cutting assembly, the receptacle receiving the sliced tissue from the cutting blades.