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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Ferris M. Pfeiffer, Boonville, MO (US);
Aaron M. Stoker, Columbia, MO (US);
James L. Cook, Columbia, MO (US);
Ferris M. Pfeiffer, Boonville, MO (US);
Aaron M. Stoker, Columbia, MO (US);
James L. Cook, Columbia, MO (US);
The Curators of the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus, and methods may be adapted for grafting tissue at a tissue site that may include an elongate housing and a plurality of elongate cutting members. The plurality of elongate cutting members may define a cutting surface at a distal end of the elongate housing. The cutting surface may be adapted to contract from a first diameter to a second diameter that is less than the first diameter. The contraction of the cutting surface from the first diameter to the second diameter may define a tapered profile between the first diameter and the second diameter suitable for obtaining a tapered graft.