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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Charles H. Brown, Wellesley, MA (US);
Michael C. Ferragamo, Foster, RI (US);
William R. Davis, Hingham, MA (US);
Jeffrey Wyman, Naples, FL (US);
Assignee:
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00969 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3454 (2013.01); A61L 27/225 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include instruments () and methods useful in delivering graft material () to a surgical site. Some embodiments may particularly be directed to forming a graft () and accurately and effectively handling and delivering the graft () to a surgical site arthroscopically. Graft material () may include blood components such as clotted fibrin derived from a patient's or a donor's blood.