Dermatome (instrument)

A dermatome is a surgical instrument for producing thin slices of skin from a donor area, for use in skin grafts.

One of its main applications is for reconstituting skin areas damaged by third degree burns or trauma.

The first drum dermatomes, developed in the 1930s, were manually operated.

Electrical dermatomes are better for cutting out thinner and longer strips of skin with a more homogeneous thickness.

Those are manual dermatomes and the term knife or scalpel is used to describe them.