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US 12,213,684 B2Granted
Bone dust collector device
AssigneeThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation
InventorGuillermo Ortiz Blanco
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Abstract
A bone tissue collection device is provided with an exterior collection container and a porous interior filter container. The device includes a lid having an upper face and is configured to releaseably seal the exterior collection container and interior filter container. A suction inlet tube and a suction outlet tube are operably coupled to the lid and angled from the upper face of the lid.
Claims14
A bone tissue collection device comprising:
- a sterile exterior collection container;
- a sterile interior filter container disposed in the exterior collection container and comprising a plurality of pores extending from an inner surface to an outer surface;
- a suction inlet tube having one end configured to be in fluid communication with a bone tissue material suction source and another end configured to be in fluid communication with the interior filter container;
- a suction outlet tube having one end configured to be in fluid communication with a waste suction source and another end configured to be in fluid communication with at least the space between the interior filter container and the exterior collection container;
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- a lid having an upper face and configured to releaseably seal the exterior collection container and the interior filter container;
- a bypass circuit integrated with the lid and comprising:
- an outlet valve in communication with the suction outlet tube;
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- a bypass lumen in fluid communication with the suction outlet tube, the outlet valve configured to reversibly direct flow of irrigation material from bone tissue to either the exterior collection container or to the waste suction source via the bypass lumen.
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