Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device and method for allografting
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Application No.: US15124647Application Date: 2015-03-12
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Publication No.: US10905437B2Publication Date: 2021-02-02
- Inventor: Ferris M. Pfeiffer , James L. Cook , James P. Stannard
- Applicant: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
- Applicant Address: US MO Columbia
- Assignee: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
- Current Assignee: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
- Current Assignee Address: US MO Columbia
- Agency: Dentons US LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2015/020168 WO 20150312
- International Announcement: WO2015/138718 WO 20150917
- Main IPC: A61B17/15
- IPC: A61B17/15 ; A61B17/56 ; A61F2/46

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a cutting guide is disclosed for use in a surgical procedure to removed damaged tissue from a patient and form a recipient site configured and dimensioned to receive a donor graft. The cutting guide includes a first arm that abuts a section of the damaged tissue to be removed, and a second arm including a hole and a slot that receives a cutting implement, the first arm and the slot defining a distance therebetween corresponding to a desired dimension of the recipient site. In another embodiment, a cutting guide is disclosed for use in forming a donor graft from donor tissue. The cutting guide includes a body that receives the donor tissue, and a shaping member that is rotatably secured to the body. The shaping member includes at least one vane that shapes the donor tissue so as to form the donor graft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170056023A1 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ALLOGRAFTING Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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