Patent ID: 8328813
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A surgical device apt to the removal of bone, cartilaginous and the like tissues during surgery, comprising: a pair of side-by-side blades, slidably coupled so that respective distal ends thereof be closable the one against the other for the removal of a tissue fragment; propelling means, connected or connectible to a slidable blade of said pair and apt to determine the sliding thereof with respect to the other of said blades, said propelling means being pneumatic propelling means and comprising a piston having a stem apt to produce sliding of the slidable blade of said pair; operation means for the operation of said propelling means by a user; and a main body apt to be handled by a user and connected or connectible to said pair of blades, said main body comprising a portion apt to be handled by the user by a single hand, said operation means being located at said portion, wherein said piston is coupled to said slidable blade by interposition of a motion transmission member, said motion transmission member being a lever rotatably connected at opposed ends thereof to said slidable blade and to the stem of said piston, respectively, the lever being further connected to a chassis of the surgical device at a central position thereof.