Impaction allograft form and method of orthopaedic surgery using same
AssigneeBristol-Myers Squibb Company
InventorLisa K. Schroder
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Abstract
A method of performing orthopaedic surgery on a bone includes the steps of: preparing an allograft form including a plurality of allograft bone particles with a predetermined outside shape (e.g., cylindrical or implant shaped); freezing the allograft form; placing the frozen allograft form in an opening in the bone; and impacting the frozen allograft form within the opening to cause the allograft form to at least partially fill the opening. The form includes a cannulation hole extending therethrough.
Claims22
A method of performing orthopaedic surgery on a bone, comprising the steps of:
- preparing an allograft form with a predetermined outside shape and including a plurality of allograft bone particles;
- freezing said allograft form;
- placing said frozen allograft form in an opening in the bone;
- and
- impacting said frozen allograft form within said opening to cause said allograft form to at least partially fill said opening.
An orthopaedic body for insertion into an opening in a bone during orthopaedic surgery, said orthopaedic body comprising:
- an impaction allograft form including a plurality of allograft bone particles frozen together with a predetermined outside shape, said form including a cannulation hole extending therethrough.
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