Bone graft harvesting apparatus
AssigneeMedline Industries, Inc.
InventorsNatan Pheil, Dinesh Koka, Samuel Nader
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Abstract
Disclosed is a bone graft harvesting device that includes a cutter section and a housing section secured to one another via a removable fastener, such as a manually operable screw. One of these sections includes a proximal end having a shaft configured for connection to a drill or other rotary tool, and the other may include a scoop for facilitation of removal of harvested bone from a patient. The cutter section and housing section may be separated from one another upon harvesting of bone from a patient to access harvested bone in a cavity of the housing.
Claims9
A bone graft harvesting device comprising an assembly of a cutter section and a separable housing section and a fastener securing the cutter section to the housing section, one of the housing section and cutter section comprising a proximal shaft, the cutter section and housing section defining therebetween a hollow bone-receiving chamber, said cutter section including an auger portion disposed at a distal end of the device, wherein the cutter section and housing section are joined at an interface that is an exterior interface along at least a portion of a path that extends from a proximal end of the assembly to the distal end of the assembly.
A method comprising:
- providing a bone harvesting device, the device comprising an assembly of a cutter section and a separable housing section and a fastener securing the cutter section to the housing section, the housing section comprising a proximal shaft, the device including a hollow bone-receiving chamber, said cutter section including an auger portion disposed at a distal end of the device, wherein the cutter section and housing section are joined at an interface that is an exterior interface along at least a portion of a path that extends from a proximal end of the assembly to the distal end of the assembly;
- connecting said device to a rotary tool via said proximal shaft;
- harvesting bone from a patient;
- separating said cutter section from said housing section, and
- recovering harvested bone from the housing section of the device while the proximal shaft remains connected to said rotary tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.