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Surgical instrument (i.e., knife or scalpel) handles designed to hold and manipulate a compatible cutting or dissecting blade. These devices typically consist of a straight, reusable handheld instrument made of either metal or plastic, with an appropriate shape for easy manipulation and a distal tip that can hold a disposable blade with a mechanism for rapid blade exchange. The combination of the handle and the attached blade results in a surgical knife/scalpel.
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