Method for treating joint pain
OwnerWilliam Baumgartl, Jack Borbolla +3inventors
InventorsWilliam Baumgartl, Jack Borbolla, Fernando Chavez, Charles Puhl, II, Dane Reeves
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Abstract
A method for treating joint pain in a subject is disclosed. The method can include inserting a bone dowel and a first portion of a bone marrow aspirate into a subchondral region of a bone that is part of a joint being treated and introducing a second portion of the bone marrow aspirate into the intraarticular space of the joint being treated.
Claims15
A method for treating joint pain in a subject, the method comprising:
- (a) harvesting a bone dowel from an iliac crest, vertebra, calcaneus, or tibia of the subject;
- (b) harvesting a bone marrow aspirate from the subject, wherein the bone marrow aspirate is harvested from the site, or adjacent to the site, where the bone dowel is harvested;
- (c) inserting the bone dowel and a first portion of the bone marrow aspirate into a subchondral region of a bone that is part of a joint being treated;
- and
- (d) introducing a second portion of the bone marrow aspirate into the intraarticular space of the joint being treated,
- wherein prior to step (c), a space is formed via decompression in the subchondral region of the bone that is part of the joint being treated, and the bone dowel and the first portion of the bone marrow aspirate are inserted into the space.
A method for treating a joint pain in a subject, the method comprising:
- (a) harvesting a bone dowel and bone marrow aspirate from a source location in the subj ect;
- (b) inserting the bone dowel and a first portion of the bone marrow aspirate into a subchondral region of bone forming part of a target joint of the subject;
- and
- (c) introducing a second portion of the bone marrow aspirate into the intraarticular space of the target joint.
A method for treating joint pain in a subject, the method comprising:
- (a) inserting a bone dowel and a first portion of a biologically active matrix into a subchondral region of a bone that is part of a joint being treated;
- and
- (b) introducing a second portion of the biologically active matrix into the intraarticular space of the joint being treated,
- wherein the bone dowel and at least a portion of the biologically active matrix are both harvested from the subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.