Device and method for treatment of an artificial bone implant with blood
AssigneeHealth Corporation of Galilee Medical Center
InventorSamer Srouji
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Abstract
A method for treating an artificial bone implant with blood, according to the method bone material is placed in a container configured to be filled with blood, wherein the container comprises an opening and a cover configured to cover the opening of the container and a fixed separator that separates a bottom part and an upper part. The separator is provided with holes so that when the container is filled with whole blood, the blood in the bottom part is in full contact with the blood in the upper part, and wherein the bone material is in the upper part, on top of the separator.
Claims3
A method for forming a putty bone from a bone material, the method comprising:
- placing the bone material in a container having an opening and a cover for covering the opening, and a fixed separator that separates the container to a bottom part and an upper part, wherein the separator is provided with holes so that when the container is filled with whole blood, the whole blood in the bottom part is in full contact with the whole blood in the upper part, and wherein the bone material is in the upper part, on top of the separator;
- filling the container with whole blood;
- centrifuging the container in a manner that separates the whole blood to a bottom phase comprising red blood cells and platelets that are mostly concentrated in the bottom part, and an upper phase comprising plasma in the upper part, thus allowing the plasma to adhere to the bone material to form a putty bone.
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