Apparatus to access bone marrow
AssigneeTeleflex Life Sciences Limited
InventorLarry J. Miller
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Abstract
A penetrator assembly operable to provide access to a bone marrow is provided. The penetrator assembly may include an outer penetrator and a removable inner trocar operable to penetrate bone and bone marrow. The removable inner trocar may include a groove operable to receive a portion of the bone and bone marrow when the outer penetrator and the removable inner trocar penetrate the bone and bone marrow. The removable inner trocar may include a receptacle operable to receive a portion of a connector operable to releasably attach the penetrator assembly to a powered apparatus, and a release mechanism disposed within the receptacle and operable to engage the portion of the connector.
Claims20
A penetrator assembly operable to provide access to a bone marrow comprising:
- an outer penetrator including a first cutting tip and a removable inner trocar including a second cutting tip, the first and second cutting tips operable to penetrate bone and bone marrow;
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- the removable inner trocar comprising a groove extending from the second cutting tip and along a longitudinal axis of the removable inner trocar, the groove operable to receive a portion of the bone and bone marrow when the outer penetrator and the removable inner trocar penetrate the bone and bone marrow;
- where the removable inner trocar comprises an inner trocar connector operable to releasably attach the penetrator assembly to a powered apparatus.
A penetrator assembly operable to provide access to a bone marrow comprising:
- an outer penetrator including a first cutting tip and a removable inner trocar including a second cutting tip, the first and second cutting tips operable to penetrate bone and bone marrow,
- wherein the removable inner trocar comprises:
- a receptacle operable to receive a portion of a connector of a powered drill, the powered drill operable to rotate the penetrator assembly including the outer penetrator and the inner trocar;
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- a release mechanism disposed within the receptacle and operable to engage the portion of the connector;
- wherein the connector is operable to releasably attach the penetrator assembly to the powered drill.
A penetrator assembly operable to provide access to a bone marrow, the penetrator assembly comprising:
- an outer penetrator including a first cutting tip;
- a removable inner trocar including a second cutting tip and a first connector operable to releasably attach the penetrator assembly to a powered apparatus, the first and second cutting tips operable to penetrate bone and bone marrow;
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- the removable inner trocar comprising a groove operable to receive a portion of the bone and bone marrow when the outer penetrator and the removable inner trocar penetrate the bone and bone marrow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.