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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2015
H & M Innovations, Llc, Wilmington, NC (US);
Robert Sean Hensler, Wilmington, NC (US);
Thomas Eric Melin, Wilmington, NC (US);
Ryan Shane Gorman, Charlotte, NC (US);
Raeshon Lamont McNeil, Charlotte, NC (US);
Michael Morgan Starkey, Charlotte, NC (US);
Thomas James Philpott, Charlotte, NC (US);
H & M INNOVATIONS, LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Abstract
A collector used to collect bone includes: a container body defining an interior containment space for receiving and retaining collected bone, and having at least one open end for access and removal of collected bone from the interior containment space; and a cap in covering relation to the open end of the container body such that access to the interior containment space for removal of collected bone is inhibited. The collector includes an intake port defining an opening for receiving therein a distal end of a kerrison rongeur for collecting cut bone from a cutting area thereof, and the cap includes at least one scraper for engaging and dislodging cut bone from the cutting area of a distal end of a kerrison rongeur when received within the intake port. The collector preferably is used with a kerrison-type rongeur for collecting cut bone therefrom.