Bone marrow harvesting and storage

US12171441B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Stryker European Operations Limited · IE

Inventors

• Nils Reimers · Kiel, DE
• Robin Büscher · Troisdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 26, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 24, 2024
• Expiry date: May 16, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/52
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Methods of extracting bone and/or cellular material from a patient for possible use in a later surgical procedure, which involves that patient or even a different patient, are provided. An embodiment of the method generally comprises extracting bone and/or cellular material from a patient undergoing a routine surgical procedure, saving the material, and then sending it to a storage, separation, and processing facility (e.g., a “biobank”) for use in a later surgical procedure involving that patient, or a different patient. The material may be cancellous bone, cortical bone chips, or bone marrow. The extracted bone and/or cellular material can be processed at the biobank and used in a multitude of different medical procedures (e.g., as an allograft infused with stem cells for use in a fusion procedure).