Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method of harvesting osteochondral plugs
- Patent Title (中): 收获骨软骨塞的系统和方法
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Application No.: US11494380Application Date: 2006-07-27
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Publication No.: US07985230B2Publication Date: 2011-07-26
- Inventor: Carlos E. Gil , Daniel A. Shimko , Jeetendra Bharadwaj
- Applicant: Carlos E. Gil , Daniel A. Shimko , Jeetendra Bharadwaj
- Applicant Address: US IN Warsaw
- Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Warsaw
- Main IPC: A61B17/58
- IPC: A61B17/58 ; A61B17/60 ; A61F2/00

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080027447A1 System and method of harvesting osteochondral plugs Public/Granted day:2008-01-31
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