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Denis M Meade

Shane Graham

Kyle Von Kaenel

There is disclosed a system and methods for debriding soft tissue from bone using a high-pressure water debridement system. One embodiment includes a cylindrical sleeve bounded by endcaps and having a drainage port positioned for effluent drainage. A central shaft is configured to receive a bone segment and is disposed along a longitudinal center of the sleeve and rotatively coupled between the endcaps. At least one high-pressure water nozzle is disposed on each side of the sleeve, each of which is positioned to impact the bone segment with a high-pressure water stream. A rotational actuator is configured to rotate the central shaft and the bone segment relative to the sleeve and the water nozzles such that when the high-pressure water nozzles are operational, the high-pressure water streams debride the bone segment. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

High-pressure water debridement system

There is disclosed a system and methods for safely, precisely, and efficiently cutting cadaveric bone segments into a number of dimensionally standardized pieces. One embodiment provides a jig system for use with a band saw. The jig system may include a v-shaped trough riding upon a plate and at least one rail designed to glide within a corresponding groove formed in the band saw table and stretching parallel to the blade. The trough may include a channel having a series of incremental stops extending between its proximal and distal ends. A bone-advancement wedge may be advanced proximally along the channel between the incremental stops to advance at least one bone segment within the trough toward the proximal end of the trough such that, by sliding the rail(s) within the table groove(s), a desired incremental portion of the bone segment is introduced to the blade. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Bone-cutting jig system

There are disclosed systems and methods for safely and effectively removing the articular cartilage and cortical bone layers from an articular surface of a human cadaveric femoral head. One embodiment includes an osseous-sanding accessory system installed upon a conventional band saw having a motor and a cabinet that houses a pulley coupled with a primary drive shaft rotated by the motor. The accessory system may include a threaded drive shaft coupled with the primary drive shaft, a grinding disk having an abrasive surface and affixed about a distal end of the threaded drive shaft, and a removable accessory table mounted to the band saw below the grinding disk. When the motor rotates the primary drive shaft, and thus the threaded drive shaft, the grinding disk rotates relative to the accessory table and abrades osseous tissues introduced to the abrasive surface of the grinding disk. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

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Littleton, CO, United States of America

Denis M Meade