Device Category Dossier

Awl

Device Category Dossier for Awl. Australian ARTG records, sponsors, device class — compiled by arcimedes.

Orthopaedic surgical instruments used to bore holes in bone , operated by a surgeon who rotates the point back and forth whilst exerting pressure to penetrate the hard outer bone and create a passage into the medullary canal . These instruments are intended for use during hip, knee, shoulder, elbow or wrist arthroplasty, spinal fusion or trauma surgeries to prepare the bone site to accept orthopaedic implant devices .