US 12,257,163 B2
Bone harvester and bone marrow removal system and method
F. Barry Bays, Collierville, TN (US); David L Brumfield, Collierville, TN (US); Joe William Ferguson, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US); and Carlos Eduardo Gil, Memphis, TN (US)
Assigned to Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed by Treace Medical Concepts, Inc., Ponte Vedra, FL (US)
Filed on May 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/335,046.
Application 15/894,686 is a division of application No. 14/724,072, filed on May 28, 2015, granted, now 9,925,068, issued on Mar. 26, 2018.
Application 17/335,046 is a continuation of application No. 15/894,686, filed on Feb. 12, 2018, granted, now 11,020,244.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/051,499, filed on Sep. 17, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/040,210, filed on Aug. 21, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/005,693, filed on May 30, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0282940 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/46 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61M 5/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/4644 (2013.01) [A61B 10/025 (2013.01); A61B 17/32053 (2013.01); A61B 17/3472 (2013.01); A61M 5/34 (2013.01); A61M 5/343 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0258 (2013.01); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00455 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320064 (2013.01); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); A61F 2002/4649 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method for obtaining and applying a bone grafting material, the method comprising:
rotationally driving a cutting tip at a distal portion of a bone harvester into a bone, thereby morselizing a portion of the bone and causing the morselized bone to enter a channel extending longitudinally through a body of the bone harvester, the channel extending from the distal portion to a proximal portion of the bone harvester;
subsequent to morselizing the portion of the bone and causing the morselized bone to enter the channel, drawing bone marrow through the channel; and
applying a mixture of the morselized bone and the bone marrow between a metatarsal and a cuneiform during a procedure to correct an alignment between the metatarsal and the cuneiform.