System for harvesting and dispensing a fibrin clot
OwnerJavin C. Pierce, Peter Kurzweilinventors
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Abstract
A system for harvesting a fibrin clot and depositing that fibrin clot into a wound site during a surgical procedure, the system comprising: (i) blood drawing apparatus for drawing blood; (ii) extraction apparatus for extracting fibrin from blood so as to form a fibrin clot; (iii) configuring apparatus for molding, cutting and shaping the fibrin clot into a desired configuration; and (iv) dispensing apparatus for reliably and controllably dispensing the fibrin clot at a selected location in the body.
Claims8
A method for harvesting a fibrin clot and depositing that fibrin clot at a wound site during a surgical procedure, the method comprising:
- drawing blood from a patient;
- extracting fibrin from blood so as to form a fibrin clot;
- reconfiguring the fibrin clot into a desired configuration;
- and
- dispensing the fibrin clot at the wound site;
- wherein extracting fibrin from blood so as to form a fibrin clot is effected using a metal bowl and a frosted glass rod.
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