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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Edison, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Wu, Morganville, NJ (US);
Todd J. Nilsen, Howell, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Edison, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/322 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/3211 (2006.01); A61B 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/322 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 17/142 (2016.11); A61B 17/3211 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cutting device is provided having multiple evenly-spaced cutting blades and which is useful for producing tissue forms comprising membranous tissue fragments which are relatively uniformly sized and shaped. The present invention also relates to methods for using the cutter device to quickly and efficiently produce such tissue forms which are useful as grafts and can be flowable and easily passable through a luer-slip tip syringe or needle.