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System and method of harvesting osteochondral plugs

US7985230B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.

Inventors

Carlos Eduardo Gil · Memphis, US
Daniel A. Shimko · Germantown, US
Jeetendra Bharadwaj · Memphis, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 27, 2006
Grant date	Jul 26, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 23, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B17/1695
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method is disclosed and can include engaging a harvest guide with bony tissue and placing a cutting device within the harvest guide. The harvest guide can maintain the cutting device substantially perpendicular to a tangent through a point on the bony tissue aligned with the cutting device. The cutting device can be an osteochondral chisel, a trephine, or a combination thereof.

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