US 12,446,910 B2
Variable particle size tissue collector
G. Joshua Karnes, Estereo, FL (US); Shane Noble, Naples, FL (US); Christopher Bare, Naples, FL (US); and Andrea Matuska, Naples, FL (US)
Assigned to Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed by Arthrex, Inc., Naples, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/477,633.
Application 18/477,633 is a continuation of application No. 17/174,457, filed on Feb. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,786,266.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/976,639, filed on Feb. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099737 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/320016 (2013.01) [A61B 17/22 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22079 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for collecting tissue fragments of variable sizes comprising:
a) a top housing comprising an inner surface and a first universal adapter,
b) at least two slidably removable filters comprising a filter material and each having a different pore size,
c) a filter distractor comprising at least two ridges each configured to hold one of the at least two filters in place, and
d) a bottom housing comprising an inner surface and a second universal adapter,
wherein the at least two filters are assembled in series onto the filter distractor;
wherein the filter distractor and the at least two filters are inserted into the top housing or bottom housing; and
wherein the top housing and the bottom housing are assembled together into a container.