Removable biocompatible substrate filter for a reaming and collection device
AssigneeGenesis Medical Devices LLC
InventorsDaniel Nick Segina, James A. Proctor, Jr.
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a removable second stage biocompatible substrate filter that includes biocompatible implant material configured to trap second stage operative particulate matter that may include at least one of bone fragments, plasma, stem cells, cellular matter, and growth factors captured from irrigation fluid. The second stage biocompatible substrate filter may be configured to combine with bone fragments captured from irrigation fluid by a first stage filter and may be configured to be operable with a reaming and collection device.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- disposing biocompatible implant material within a second stage biocompatible filter;
- arranging the second stage biocompatible filter to trap second stage operative particulate matter;
- configuring the second stage biocompatible filter to operate with a first stage filter, to capture first stage operative particulate matter from irrigation fluid as a combined product;
- and
- further configuring the second stage biocompatible filter to be removable from a filter device container.
A method for operating a second stage biocompatible substrate filter comprising:
- configuring biocompatible implant material to retain second stage operative particulate matter;
- combining the second stage biocompatible substrate filter to process first stage operative particulate matter captured from irrigation fluid by a first stage filter, thereby producing a combined product;
- wherein the first stage operative particulate matter includes material of a first size;
- and
- wherein the second stage operative particulate matter includes material of a second size.
A method comprising:
- retaining, via biocompatible implant material disposed within a removable second stage biocompatible filter, second stage operative particulate matter;
- using the removable second stage biocompatible filter to combine operative particulate matter captured from irrigation fluid received via a first stage filter;
- the first stage filter further retaining first stage retained material;
- wherein the first stage retained material and the second stage operative particulate matter are obtained from a reaming device;
- connecting an output of the reaming device to an input of a first stage filter container;
- such that
- a flow of materials suspended in the irrigation fluid is filtered by the first stage filter;
- the first stage retained material is separated from a flow of materials suspended in the irrigation fluid by a filter possessing a first particulate size selectivity that provides a first stage output flow of materials suspended in the irrigation fluid;
- and
- the first stage output flow of materials is further passed through a first stage output;
- connecting an input of a second stage filter container by a second connecting tube to an output of the first stage filter container;
- such that
- the first stage output flow of materials suspended in the irrigation fluid is filtered by the second stage filter;
- the second stage filter retains a second sized particulate matter different than the first stage filter;
- the second stage filter collects a portion of at least one or more of plasma, stem cells, growth factors, and cellular matter, and allows for passing of a portion of the irrigation fluid, as output flow;
- the second stage filter container includes an evacuation port to permit the flow of materials suspended in the irrigation fluid to be evacuated from the second stage filter container in a continuous process;
- the continuous process includes the first stage filter container receiving output from the reaming device and output from the second stage filter simultaneously;
- and
- wherein the removable second stage biocompatible filter is configured to receive at least a portion of the first stage retained material in combination with at least a portion of the second stage retained material to create a combined graft product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.