Harvesting cancellous bone and marrow from distal femur, proximal tibia, distal tibia, or calcaneus using bone press apparatus

A method of harvesting cancellous bone and bone marrow, comprising:

• (a) creating an opening in cortical bone;
• (b) accessing through the opening and loosening for extraction cancellous bone and bone marrow;
• (c) inserting a suction apparatus through the opening and extracting the loosened cancellous bone and bone marrow, the bone marrow comprising a liquid, the suction apparatus being attached to a first lid of a collection container, the collection container having a suction port to which a suction source is connected;
• (d) after extracting the cancellous bone and bone marrow, disconnecting the suction source from the suction port of the collection container;
• (e) removing the first lid of the collection container from the first cup of the collection container;
• (f) attaching a second lid to the first cup of the collection container, the second lid having a plunger with a press head configured to filter the extracted liquid contained in the first cup;
• (g) filtering the extracted liquid by depressing the plunger of the second lid toward a bottom of the first cup;
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• (h) pouring the filtered liquid from the first cup through a suction port into a second cup while depressing the plunger, thereby separating the liquid from a spongy semi-solid mass of cancellous bone that remains in the first cup.

A method of harvesting from an individual, in an operating room and within 8 minutes, at least 8 cc to 12 cc of a spongy semi-solid mass of cancellous bone of the individual and, separated therefrom, at least 10 cc to 15 cc of liquid bone marrow of the individual, the method comprising:

• (a) using a high-speed drill having a cutting burr to create a cortical window in cortical bone;
• (b) further using the high-speed drill to loosen for extraction cancellous bone and bone marrow accessed through the cortical window;
• (c) inserting a suction apparatus through the cortical window and extracting the loosened cancellous bone and bone marrow, the bone marrow comprising a liquid, the suction apparatus being attached to a first lid of a collection container, the collection container having a suction port to which a suction source is connected;
• (d) after extracting the cancellous bone and bone marrow, disconnecting the suction source from the suction port of the collection container;
• (e) removing the first lid of the collection container from the first cup of the collection container;
• (f) attaching a second lid to the first cup of the collection container, the second lid having a plunger with a press head configured to filter the extracted liquid contained in the first cup;
• (g) filtering the extracted liquid by depressing the plunger of the second lid toward a bottom of the first cup;
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• (h) pouring the filtered liquid from the first cup through a suction port into a second cup while depressing the plunger, thereby separating the liquid from a spongy semi-solid mass of cancellous bone that remains in the first cup.