Methods and Systems for Storing Medical Implants Under Sustained Vacuum
AssigneeAlphatec Spine, Inc.
InventorsAmit GOVIL, Christian Gabriel GAMBOA, Neil Irvin THOMPSON, Jeffrey Allen GUYER, Markanthony B. FLORES, Sudhanshu SOMASUNDAR
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Abstract
Methods and systems for improving the shelf life of a medical graft generally comprising a medical implant container having at least one graft cavity configured to hold at least one graft under a first vacuum and a needle entry port in fluid communication with the at least one graft cavity, the needle entry port being configured to receive and communicate a material to the at least one graft cavity and an outer chamber configured to hold the medical implant container under a second vacuum.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A kit for storing freeze-dried or dehydrated medical grafts under vacuum, comprising:
- a hermetically sealed medical implant container comprising:
- at least one graft cavity configured to store at least one graft under a first sustained vacuum;
- top, side, and bottom walls defining an inner surface of the container;
- a lip surrounding a periphery of the graft cavity with the top wall hermetically sealed to the lip adjacent the substrate cavity periphery;
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- a needle entry port in fluid communication with the at least one graft cavity, the needle entry port being configured to receive and communicate a material to the at least one graft cavity;
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- an outer chamber configured to store the medical implant container under a second sustained vacuum.
A medical graft storage system, comprising:
- at least one freeze-dried or dehydrated medical graft;
- a hermetically sealed medical implant container comprising:
- at least one graft cavity configured to store at least one graft under a first sustained vacuum;
- top, side, and bottom walls defining an inner surface of the container;
- a lip surrounding a periphery of the graft cavity with the top wall hermetically sealed to the lip adjacent the substrate cavity periphery;
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- a needle entry port in fluid communication with the at least one graft cavity, the needle entry port being configured to receive and communicate a material to the at least one graft cavity;
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- an outer chamber configured to store the medical implant container under a second sustained vacuum.
A system for loading bone morphogenetic material into a medical graft, comprising:
- a hermetically sealed container comprising an entry port, a substrate cavity, and top, side and bottom walls defining an inner surface of the container, a lip surrounding a periphery of the substrate cavity and the top wall is hermetically sealed to the lip adjacent the substrate cavity periphery;
- the entry port configured to receive the bone morphogenetic material;
- the substrate cavity in communication with the entry port and having the medical graft stored and maintained under negative pressure,
- wherein a container volume is substantially the same as a volume of the medical graft;
- and an outer chamber configured to store the medical implant container under a second sustained vacuum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.