A surgical handle (40) suitable for use with a blade (2) having a first end (6) which incorporates at the first end a first end portion having first and second engagement recesses (24,26).The handle (40) comprises a handle body (42), a blade receiving slot (44), and a blade retention means (58, 66) characterised in that the blade receiving slot (44) is a recess that extends into the handle body (42) and which is defined by one or more receiving slot side faces and a receiving slot base face.The blade receiving slot (44) is dimensioned and configured so that the first end portion of the blade (2) may be reversibly moved between an engaged position in which the first end portion of the blade is substantially within the blade receiving slot (44) with the blade receiving slot side and base faces in loose contact with the first end of the blade and a detached position where the first end portion of the blade is not in the blade receiving slot. The blade retention means is comprised of a fixed locking pin (58) and a mobile locking pin (66) in which a portion of the fixed locking pin extends into the blade receiving slot (44) through a receiving slot side face, the mobile locking pin is reversibly moveable between a retracted position in which the mobile locking pin does not extend into the blade receiving slot and a protruding position in which a portion of the mobile locking pin extends into the blade receiving slot through a receiving slot side face, the fixed locking pin and the mobile locking pin are so located and dimensioned that when the first end of the blade is in the engaged position at least a part of the fixed locking pin projects into one of the first or second engagement recesses (24, 26) of the blade, and movement of the mobile locking pin from the retracted position to the protruding position causes a part of the mobile locking pin to enter the other of the first or second engagement recesses of the blade.La présente invention concerne une poignée chirurgi
