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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Margaret E Smith, White Plains, NY (US);
Michael J Cusick, Suffern, NY (US);
Assignee:
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Allendale, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 86 ; 606 95 ; 604218 ;
Abstract
Surgical instruments comprise a hollow tube constructed to receive bone graft, and a plunger to be inserted into the hollow tube. The plunger is constructed and arranged with respect to the hollow tube so as to form a positive impression in the bone graft when the bone graft and the plunger are within the hollow tube. The plunger is further constructed and arranged so that when the hollow tube is moved in a direction away from a graft receiving area, the bone graft is delivered to the graft receiving area with the same positive impression that was formed within the hollow tube.