Apparatus and method for harvesting bone

An instrument for harvesting bone, comprising an elongate body having distal and proximal ends, said body having a hollow interior for holding harvested bone, an aperture communicating with said interior, a loop shaped blade mounted in the distal end of said body, said blade having a cutting edge for cutting and abrading bone, a concave proximal surface of said cutting edge defining one side of an elongated slot restricting said aperture, another side of said elogated slot being defined by a distal end of a convex surface, having a bone engaging bottom surface extending across said blade and limiting penetration by said cutting edge into the bone surface, the distal end of said convex surface being proximally spaced from the cutting edge defining said slot, the proximal surface of said cutting edge serving to direct cut bone across said slot onto an upper surface of said convex surface through said aperture and into said hollow interior.