Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC

Stryker European Holdings I LLC

Robin Büscher

Nils Reimers

Robert E Lynch

Roman Nassutt

Methods of extracting bone and/or cellular material from a patient for possible use in a later surgical procedure, which involves that patient or even a different patient, are provided. An embodiment of the method generally comprises extracting bone and/or cellular material from a patient undergoing a routine surgical procedure, saving the material, and then sending it to a storage, separation, and processing facility (e.g., a 'biobank') for use in a later surgical procedure involving that patient, or a different patient. The material may be cancellous bone, cortical bone chips, or bone marrow. The extracted bone and/or cellular material can be processed at the biobank and used in a multitude of different medical procedures (e.g., as an allograft infused with stem cells for use in a fusion procedure).

Bone marrow harvesting and storage

Bone harvesting tools and methods of use thereof are disclosed. In an embodiment, the tool comprises a chamber having a first aperture, a second aperture, an internal cavity, and a suction source fluidly connected with the chamber. The suction source is effective to generate negative pressure within the internal cavity of the chamber. The tool also has a reamer having a reaming portion, the reamer being sized to extend through the first and second apertures of the chamber, wherein the reamer is movable relative to the chamber. Additionally, the tool includes a storage container fluidly connected to the internal cavity of the chamber and effective to receive bone and/or cellular material extracted from the patient, the bone and/or cellular material being extracted during reaming a bone of the patient with the reamer.

Bone marrow harvesting device and storage methods

An intramedullary autograft harvesting instrument () includes a cutting rod () having a body () and a cutting head (), a harvesting member () configured to be disposed about the body () of the cutting rod (), and an outer tube () configured to be disposed about the harvesting member (). A method of using the instrument () transports harvested tissue from an intramedullary canal.

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