Bone cleaner that removes soft tissue by pressing bone stock against a cleaning element and clearing the bone stock from the cleaning element

US10821006B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Stryker Corporation · US

Inventors

• John Coleman Horton, IV · Austin, US
• John P. Bernero · Round Rock, US
• Steven Brown · Austin, US
• Eric Diehl · Betton, FR
• Shammodip Roy · Wayne, US
• Robin B. W. Babaris · Portage, US
• Robert E. Lynch · Kalamazoo, US
• Adam Thelen

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 28, 2016
• Grant date: Nov 3, 2020
• Expiry date: May 28, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2310/00359
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A bone cleaning assembly (102, 602) with cleaning elements (690, 724, 1230, 1264) that remove soft tissue bone stock. The module also includes a clearing element (778) that is periodically urged against the cleaning elements to remove bone stock trapped by the cleaning elements from the cleaning elements.