Bone graft delivery system and method for using same
AssigneeSurgical Device Exchange, LLC
InventorsTravis Greenhalgh, Ryan Lewis
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Abstract
A bone graft delivery system can include an elongate tube, a handle having a trigger, and a tip. The trigger is actuated to deliver bone graft material through the tube. The tip has one or more openings to deliver the bone graft material to a desired location and includes a surface suitable to act as a rasp for decorticating bone. A method for delivering bone graft material to a desired surgical location includes providing a bone graft delivery device, positioning the device adjacent the surgical location, decorticating bone, and delivering bone graft material to the surgical location.
Claims17
A bone graft delivery system, comprising:
- an elongate tube;
- a handle at a proximal end of the tube configured to be actuated to deliver bone graft material through the tube, the handle comprising:
- a funnel at a proximal end of the handle, the funnel configured to receive bone graft material;
- a channel extending between and in fluid communication with the funnel and the proximal end of the tube;
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- a ratcheting mechanism configured to advance bone graft material from the funnel, through the channel, and into the tube;
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- a plunger configured to be removably received in the channel and tube.
A method for delivering bone graft material to a surgical location, comprising:
- providing a bone graft delivery device comprising an elongate tube and a handle at a proximal end of the tube, the handle comprising:
- a ratcheting mechanism;
- trigger operatively coupled to the ratcheting mechanism;
- a proximal opening;
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- a lumen extending between and in fluid communication with the proximal opening and the proximal end of the tube;
- loading bone graft material into the bone graft delivery device;
- positioning the device adjacent the surgical location;
- inserting a plunger into the lumen and tube;
- manipulating the trigger so that the ratcheting mechanism engages the plunger;
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- delivering bone graft material through the lumen of the handle and the tube by actuating the trigger to cause the ratcheting mechanism to distally advance the plunger.
A bone graft delivery system, comprising:
- an elongate tube;
- a handle at a proximal end of the tube configured to be actuated to deliver bone graft material through the tube, the handle comprising:
- a funnel at a proximal end of the handle, the funnel configured to receive bone graft material;
- a channel extending between and in fluid communication with the funnel and the proximal end of the tube;
- a ratcheting mechanism configured to advance bone graft material from the funnel, through the channel, and into the tube;
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- a trigger configured to be actuated to deliver the bone graft material through the tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.