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craniotome

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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 [kra´ne-o-tōm″]
a cutting instrument used in craniotomy.
craniotome
a cutting instrument used in craniotomy.
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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.
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Bur holes could not be drilled, as the craniotome was not long enough to penetrate this area of thickened skull.
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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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