Bone graft delivery system and method for using same
AssigneeSpinal Surgical Strategies, LLC
InventorsJeffrey B. Kleiner, Edward John Grimberg
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Abstract
A bone graft delivery system for delivering graft material into a surgical site. The delivery system includes an elongate hollow tube constructed to receive the bone graft material and having a hollow interior and indicia formed on an exterior surface of the elongate hollow tube. The delivery system also includes a plunger adapted to extend in the elongate hollow tube and to form a substantially congruent fit with the hollow interior of the elongate hollow tube such that the plunger is precluded from rotating within the elongate hollow tube. The plunger is adapted to urge bone graft material through the elongate hollow tube to deliver bone graft material through an opening thereof.
Claims20
A method for delivering an implant and graft material into a surgical site, comprising:
- (a) providing a hollow tube configured to convey the graft material, the hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end with an opening, and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the opening in the distal end;
- (b) releasably attaching the implant to the distal end of the hollow tube so as to communicate with the opening in the distal end of the hollow tube,
- the implant being expandable from a closed configuration to an open configuration, the implant having a leading end that is wedge shaped when the implant is in the closed configuration, the implant being configured to receive and allow the passage of the graft material into the surgical site,
- (c) placing the implant within the surgical site;
- (d) expanding the implant;
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- (e) advancing the graft material through the lumen of the hollow tube and through the implant into the surgical site.
A method for delivering an implant and graft material into a surgical site, comprising:
- (a) providing a hollow tube configured to convey the graft material, the hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end with an opening, and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the opening in the distal end;
- (b) releasably attaching the implant to the distal end of the hollow tube so as to communicate with the opening in the distal end of the hollow tube,
- the implant being expandable from a closed configuration to an open configuration, the implant being configured to receive and allow the passage of the graft material into the surgical site;
- (c) placing the implant within the surgical site;
- (d) expanding the implant;
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- (e) advancing the graft material through the lumen of the hollow tube and through the implant into the surgical site without prior removal of any implant parts.
A method for delivering an implant and graft material into a surgical site during a surgical procedure, comprising:
- (a) providing a hollow tube configured to convey the graft material, the hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end with an opening, and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the opening in the distal end;
- (b) releasably attaching the implant to the distal end of the hollow tube so as to communicate with the opening in the distal end of the hollow tube,
- the implant having no parts that require removal during the surgical procedure, and being expandable from a closed configuration to an open configuration, the implant being configured to receive and allow the passage of the graft material into the surgical site;
- (c) placing the implant within the surgical site;
- (d) expanding the implant;
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- (e) advancing the graft material through the lumen of the hollow tube and through the implant into the surgical site.
A method for delivering an implant and graft material into a surgical site during a surgical procedure, comprising:
- (a) providing a hollow tube configured to convey the graft material, the hollow tube having a proximal end, a distal end with an opening, and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the opening in the distal end;
- (b) releasably attaching the implant to the distal end of the hollow tube so as to communicate with the opening in the distal end of the hollow tube,
- the implant being expandable from a closed configuration to an open configuration and configured to receive and allow the passage of the graft material into the surgical site,
- the implant comprising:
- a leading end that is wedge shaped when the implant is in the closed configuration;
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- no parts that require removal during the surgical procedure;
- (c) placing the implant within the surgical site;
- (d) expanding the implant;
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- (e) advancing the graft material through the lumen of the hollow tube and through the implant into the surgical site without prior removal of any implant parts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.