"To access the patient's brain during a neurosurgical procedure, the neurosurgeon needs to drill (bore) the skull. The word trepanation derives from the Greek "trupanon" which means drill.

Instruments have been used for this purpose by different cultures throughout time. Historical records reveal that even in the Stone Age, trepanations were performed, and ancient civilizations in South America used these techniques.
The Aztecs (1200-1400 BC) made bronze knives for trepanation. Moreover, the profile and shape of this knife is the logo that today identifies the FLANC – Latin American Federation of Neurosurgery.

In the archaeological necropolises of Paracas, who inhabited the period from 700 BC to 200 BC (now part of Peru), skulls with trepanations covered with gold plates were found. Knives and obsidian scalpels were used to perform the procedures.

The objectives of trepanations had religious or therapeutic character. The father of medicine, the Greek Hippocrates (460-570 BC), detailed in his writings in the Corpus Hippocraticum how to perform them.

Until not long ago, trepanations were time-consuming, done manually with a bow drill and a spherical bur. Today, trepanations are carried out quickly and safely with electric or pneumatic trephines using self-locking drills that stop automatically when there is no more resistance from the perforated bone.

One of the products that Micromar produces is the self-locking drill EasyDrill. This month we reached the impressive figure of 60,000 EasyDrill drills produced.

Bringing this product to market was a great challenge. Many hours were spent on the product's design and development, as it had to meet customer expectations and comply with the regulatory requirements of ANVISA, CE, and FDA. Numerous tests in the laboratory and with specimens were conducted. We managed to manufacture a product of excellence with an unprecedented project and of international class.

In our country, there still exists a culture of copying, and the popular saying that "nothing is created, everything is copied" seems to guide the behavior of some unscrupulous businessmen who have no understanding of what it means to act ethically. Poor copies of self-locking drills from the most well-known brands produced abroad are manufactured and sold in our market. These copies perform very poorly, falling far short of the expected results and potentially risking the patient's life.

One of the major challenges for any medical product manufacturing company is the distribution of its products internationally.

We were proud and even flattered when we were contacted by Medtronic (the largest medical products company in the world), and after months of dialogue, numerous visits from both sides, and several received audits, we sealed a distribution agreement.

They have become responsible for the global distribution of the EasyDrill drill manufactured by Micromar in Brazil. Today, in the largest and most important hospitals in the United States, Europe, and Asia, EasyDrill drills are used daily.
Yes, we can say that the Micromar EasyDrill is a success story!"