Medical bone cutters are mainly divided into the following categories:
1. Osteotomy cutter
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medical bone cutter is usually composed of a blade and a handle with a hard, sharp, single-edged cutting blade at the far end and a handle at the proximal end. Generally made of stainless steel, it is used for excision and osteotomy. The common ones are bone knife, osteotomy knife, cutting knife, meniscus knife, tibial cutter and cutting knife.
2. Cutter for orthopaedic endoscopy
This kind of medical bone cutter is usually composed of head, rod and handle. The head is a blade, which transfers and controls the work of the head through the operation of the handle. The head is usually made of stainless steel. Surgery is performed under endoscopy for minimally invasive orthopaedic surgery. The lesions are excised and dissected. For example, disc reamers and arthroscopic scalpels.
3. Reaming cutter
This kind of medical bone cutter is usually made of stainless steel. It consists of a reamer rod, a clamping handle or a tool head with reaming cutting edge. It is used for reaming intervertebral discs, reaming holes, medullary cavity reconstruction and enlargement in orthopaedic surgery. The common reamers are medullary cavity reamers, bone reamers and pressure screw reamers.
4. Gypsum cutting
Gypsum knife usually consists of blade and handle. The distal end of the knife can adopt various shapes, usually round. It is generally made of stainless steel and is used to cut gypsum and bandages.