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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2013
Spinesmith Partners, L.p., Austin, TX (US);
Jizong Gao, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Michelle Kelly, Austin, TX (US);
John B. Rossman, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Landry, Austin, TX (US);
SpineSmith Partners, L.P., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention is directed to a bone marrow aspiration device comprising a plurality of syringes, each of which operates in a series of sequential steps to obtain bone marrow of high quality and therapeutic value, i.e., having a high MSC/ml number. An embodiment of the invention preferably comprises three syringes, wherein a first syringe is used to aspirate bone marrow from a subject, a second syringe contains an anticoagulant, and the third syringe contains a mixture of the bone marrow aspirate and the anticoagulant.