Apparatus and Methods to Harvest Bone and Bone Marrow

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Active Publication Date: 2009-02-26
TELEFLEX LIFE SCI LTD
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The invention relates to a method for inserting devices inside body tissue without having to be done by hand. This reduces the risk of complications such as accidental punctures that can occur during this process.

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The technical problem addressed in this patent text relates to accessing and retrieving bone and bone marrows during medical treatment procedures that involve harvested bone and related bone marrow samples. Current methods have limitations in terms of safety, efficiency, and accuracy. There is a need for better ways to access these materials safely and efficiently without causing harm to the patient being treated.

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[0034]Preferred embodiments of the disclosure and its advantages are best understood by reference to FIGS. 1-9D herein like numbers refer to same and like parts.

[0035]The term “driver” may be used in this application to include any type of powered driver or manual driver satisfactory for installing an intraosseous (IO) device such as a penetrator assembly or an IO needle into a selected target area. Various techniques may be satisfactorily used to releasably engage or attach IO devices with powered drivers and manual drivers. Various features and steps of the present disclosure may be described with respect to powered drivers. However, various teachings of the present disclosure may also be used with manual drivers. The present disclosure is not limited to use with powered drivers such as shown in FIG. 2.

[0036]For some applications a powered driver or a manual driver may be directly coupled with an IO device. For other applications various types of connectors may be used to couple a po

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An apparatus and method for harvesting bone and bone marrow are provided. The apparatus may include a driver operable to be releasably engaged with an intraosseous device. The intraosseous device may include a cannula having a first end operable to penetrate bone and bone marrow and to allow retrieval of portions of bone and/or bone marrow. The cannula may have a second end operable to be releasably engaged with bone marrow sampling equipment. The apparatus may include a removable trocar. The removable trocar may have an inner channel operable to convey portions of bone and/or bone marrow. The removable trocar may have an inner channel and a side port communicating with the inner channel. The removable trocar may have a first end operable to penetrate bone and bone marrow.

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