DERMATONE CUTTING BLADE ASSEMBLY

A blade assembly designed for use in dermatone or skin grafting instruments in which the blade assembly is mounted on an oscillatory carrier, the blade assembly embodying a support or platform member of molded plastic to the forward edge portion of which is secured a metal blade element having a forward cutting edge, the support member having on its upper surface a plurality of raised ribs extending back at right angles to the cutting edge, the ribs serving to reinforce and give rigidity to the plastic support member and to guide and reduce the friction of engagement of the skin with the blade assembly, and the plastic support member having formed integrally therewith studs which in the assembly extend down through the blade element and are riveted over and avoid any projecting ends which could interfere with the free advance of the skin.