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Craniotome A type of surgical drill used to operate on the skull. It has a self-controlled system that stops the drill when the bone is penetrated. Mentioned in: Craniotomy craniotome a cutting instrument used in craniotomy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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First, with the aid of a "fancy drill" known as a craniotome, the skull was carved open to expose the brains. Coss designed the first air powered Craniotome, a tool that reduced the time to open the flap on a skull from a rigorous one hour procedure to only 5 minutes, and an Orthairtome, an air powered screwdriver for quickly installing and setting bone screws. |
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