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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Joseph P. Schowalter, South Lebanon, OH (US);
Prasanna Malaviya, Mason, OH (US);
David A. Witt, Maineville, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, Iv, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Joseph P. Schowalter, South Lebanon, OH (US);
Prasanna Malaviya, Mason, OH (US);
David A. Witt, Maineville, OH (US);
Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Hillsboro, OH (US);
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A tissue processing system includes a tray and a processing component. The processing component has teeth configured to dice, mince, and mix the tissue in the tray. In some versions, teeth of a rotary member mesh with teeth of a stationary member, such that the tissue is ground between the meshing teeth. The rotary member may be moved in an orbital path relative to the stationary member. In some versions, the teeth of two rotary members mesh together, and the rotary members are rotated in opposite directions to grind the tissue. The rotary members may also be alternatingly moved up and down to perform initial dicing on the tissue. Once the tissue has been processed, the tissue may then be used in a therapeutic manner, such as by being incorporated with a scaffold and then implanted in the same patient from whom the tissue was originally harvested.