| CPC A61B 10/025 (2013.01) [A61B 10/0275 (2013.01); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0258 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |

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1. An intraosseous method for delivering a pharmacologic composition to mobilize and collect a concentration of stem cells, the method comprising:
inserting an aspiration device into a bone marrow tissue; wherein the aspiration device has at least one elongate member with a lumen extending between a proximal opening and a distal opening;
administering a stem cell mobilizing composition through the distal opening of the at least one elongate member into a first location of the bone marrow tissue;
diffusing the administered stem cell mobilizing composition into a second location of the bone marrow tissue that is remote from the first location of the bone marrow tissue, thereby mobilizing the stem cells in the bone marrow tissue such that the stem cells have an increased concentration at the second location of the bone marrow tissue as compared to prior to the administration of the stem cell mobilizing composition; and
collecting, after a delay of between 30 seconds and 120 minutes from the administration of the stem cell mobilizing composition, a bone marrow tissue sample at the second location of the bone marrow tissue containing the stem cells, wherein a number of stem cells collected is at least 50% greater than compared to a theoretical number of stem cells collected without the administration of the stem cell mobilizing composition into the first location of the bone marrow tissue.
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