Oral craniofacial bone mill
OwnerCameron M. L. Clokie, Ariel R. Dujovneinventors
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Abstract
A bone mill comprising a vessel and a rotatable grinding tool to produce ground autologous bone particles for surgical bone reconstruction use, wherein the vessel includes a wall defining a circular cylindrical chamber having a concentric axis. The vessel further includes a bottom wall at right angle to the axis and a lid adapted to be removably connected to the vessel. The lid includes an opening coincident with the axis. The grinding tool includes an elongated shaft extending through the opening in the lid along the axis with a cutting blade mounted to the shaft within the chamber whereby the cutting blade can be rotated by motive device, such as a dental drill, engaging the shaft exterior of the vessel to cut bone, placed in the vessel, into said bone particles.
Claims11
A bone mill comprising a vessel and a rotatable grinding tool to produce ground autologous bone particles for surgical bone reconstruction use, wherein the vessel includes a wall defining a circular cylindrical chamber having a concentric axis, the vessel further including a bottom wall at right angle to the axis, a lid adapted to be removably connected to the vessel, the lid including an opening coincident with the axis, the grinding tool including an elongated shaft extending through the opening in the lid along the axis, a cutting blade mounted to the shaft within the chamber whereby the cutting blade can be rotated by motive means engaging the shaft exterior of the vessel to cut bone, placed in the vessel, into said bone particles.
A bone mill comprising a vessel and a rotatable grinding tool to produce ground autologous bone particles for surgical bone reconstruction use, wherein the vessel includes a wall defining a circular cylindrical chamber having a concentric axis, the vessel further including a bottom wall at right angle to the axis, a lid adapted to be removably connected to the vessel, the lid including an opening coincident with the axis, the grinding tool including an elongated shaft extending through the opening in the lid along the axis, the lid including bearing means for the shaft of the grinding tool to permit the shaft to rotate on the axis, a cutting blade mounted to the shaft within the chamber and a bone gripping plate on the bottom wall whereby the cutting blade can be rotated by motive means engaging the shaft exterior of the vessel to cut bone, placed in the vessel against the bone gripping plate, into said bone particles.
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