Method for preparing and inserting of round, size specific fresh hyaline cartilage grafts for surgical transplantation in the knee
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorReinhold Schmieding
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Abstract
In a method of performing a hyaline cartilage allograft transplantation procedure in which a surgeon has pre-operatively determined a size of allograft to be needed for the procedure, a service provider facilitates the procedure by arranging, upon receiving an order from the surgeon or a hospital for an allograft of a specified diameter, for the delivery of a precut allograft core along with a customized set of instrumentation for performing the transplantation to the surgeon or hospital prior to the scheduled time of the operation. The service provider also arranges for the return of any non-disposable instrumentation to the service provider after the operation.
Claims8
A method for allograft bone core transplantation, comprising the step of:
- delivering, from a tissue bank to a surgeon, prior to a scheduled transplantation operation, a precut allograft core having a specified diameter.
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