A MEDICAL CUTTING DEVICE (10) IS DISCLOSED IN WHICH A PIVOTED ELEMENT (50) IS ACTUATED BY A TRIGGER (56), AND A CUTTING BLADE (30) IS ATTACHED TO THE PIVOTED ELEMENT (50) BY A FLEXIBLE CONNECTOR (72), AND THE FLEXIBLE CONNECTOR AND CAM ELEMENTS CAUSE THE BLADE (30) TO MOVE IN AN ESSENTIALLY PARABOLIC PATH WHEN MAKING AN INCISION ON A PATIENT. FIGURE 5