System for processing bone stock including a bone cleaning head, a bone milling head and base that powers both the cleaning head and the milling head

US10588757B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Stryker Corporation · US

Inventors

• Dennis Stratton · Plainwell, US
• Eric Diehl · Betton, FR
• John P. Bernero · Round Rock, US
• Chris Chamberlin · Austin, US
• Vincent Lam · Toronto, CA
• Austin Orand · Portland, US
• David J. Veldkamp · Grand Rapids, US
• Eric M. Heffernan · Kalamazoo, US
• David S. Goldenberg · Mattawan, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 8, 2018
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 8, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2002/4646
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for cleaning bone that includes a base unit with a motor, a cleaning head with a cleaning element and a mill head with a mill element. Both the cleaning head and the mill head are designed to be coupled to the base unit. Both the cleaning element and mill element have features that facilitate their coupling to the motor. When the cleaning head is attached to the base unit, a motor in the base unit rotates the cleaning element to remove soft tissue from the bone so as to clean the bone. The mill element is placed on the base unit and the cleaned bone placed in the mill head. The actuation of the base unit motor results in the actuations of the mill element. The actuation of the mill element converts the cleaned bone into bone chips.