Microdermatome

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR REDUCING A SPLIT WIDTH SKIN SECTION INTO A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER, A MOUNTING BLOCK SECURED ON SAID BASE MEMBER, A CUTTER BLADE FRAME MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT ACROSS THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID MOUNTING BLOCK, A PLURALITY OF CUTTER BLADES SECURED ON SAID CUTTER BLADE FRAME AND TERMINATING IN A FIXED PLANE CLOSELY SPACED ABOVE SAID UPPER SURFACE, A SMOOTH SHEET OF PENETRABLE SOLID MATERIAL DISPOSED IN OVERLYING RELATION ON SAID UPPER SURFACE AND TERMINATING IN A SURFACE SPACED ABOVE SAID CUTTER LEVEL, SAID SURFACE BEING PENETRABLE BY SAID CUTTING MEANS, HOLDING MEANS FOR MOUNTING SKIN SECTIONS IN OVERLYING RELATION ON SAID SHEET, AND A RETAINING SHEET OF PENETRABLE MATERIAL SELECTIVELY MOUNTABLE IN OVERLYING RELATION UPON SAID SECTIONS INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID CUTTER BLADE FRAME, SAID CUTTER BLADE FRAME FIRST BEING MOVABLE HORIZONTALLY ACROSS SAID UPPER SURFACE TO LONGITUDINALLY SLIT SAID SKIN SECTION AND TO PENETRATE SAID SURFACE OF SAID SOLID MATERIAL PRIOR TO MOUNTING SAID RETAINING SHEET UPON SAID SKIN SECTIONS AND SUBSEQUENTLY BEING MOVABLE HORIZONTALLY ACROSS SAID UPPER SURFACE TO SLIT SAID SKIN SECTIONS AND SAID RETAINING SHEET AND PENETRATING SAID SURFACE OF SAID SOLID MATERIAL AT AN ANGLE TO SAID LONGITUDINAL SLITS.