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Granted Patent B2
US 11,969,194 · App. 17/379,559 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Bone material dispensing system and methods of use

Inventors: Benjamin T. Reves (Memphis, TN); Joseph Thomas Hirsch (Memphis, TN); Mark R Grizzard (Munford, TN); Daniel A. Shimko (Germantown, TN)
Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
A61B17/8811A61B17/8816A61B17/8825
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Patent No.
US 11,969,194
App. No.
17/379,559
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bone material dispensing system is provided. The bone material dispensing system comprises a loading device having a perimeter surrounding a base plane and a rim, the perimeter comprising a side wall extending along a longitudinal axis and a bar joining the side wall at a corner of the perimeter and extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis, the base plane comprising a loading surface bordered by the side wall along the longitudinal axis, the loading surface having an end edge extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis such that the side wall, the bar and the end edge form a rim adjacent to the loading surface and the bar. A method of loading bone material with the bone material dispensing system is also provided.

Claims (20)

1. A bone material dispensing system comprising a loading device having a perimeter surrounding a base plane and a rim, the perimeter comprising a side wall extending along a longitudinal axis and a bar joining the side wall at a corner of the perimeter and extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis, the base plane comprising a loading surface bordering the side wall along the longitudinal axis, the loading surface having an end edge extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis such that the side wall, the bar and the end edge form a rim adjacent to the loading surface and the bar, wherein the loading device comprises a proximal end along the longitudinal axis such that the bar is disposed at the proximal end.

2. The bone material dispensing system of claim 1 , wherein the sidewall comprises a first side wall and a second side wall disposed on two opposite ends across a width of the loading device to form a generally rectangular shape.

3. The bone material dispensing system of claim 1 , wherein the loading device comprises a gap surrounded by the rim between the loading surface and the bar.

4. The bone material dispensing system of claim 1 , wherein the loading device comprises a second bar such that the side wall extends from the bar to the second bar.

5. The bone material dispensing system of claim 4 , wherein the loading device further comprises a second gap disposed adjacent to the second bar such that the loading device has a second rim surrounding the second gap.

6. The bone material dispensing system of claim 1 , wherein the loading surface comprises a first loading surface and a second loading surface separated by a central ridge.

7. The bone material dispensing system of claim 1 , wherein the bar comprises a bar surface bordering the side wall and a bar ridge dividing the bar surface into two portions.

8. The bone material dispensing system of claim 1 , wherein loading device is monolithic.

9. The bone material dispensing system of claim 1 further comprising a cannula.

10. The bone material dispensing system of claim 9 , wherein the cannula comprises a folding cannula.

11. The bone material dispensing system of claim 10 , wherein the cannula has a left compartment and a right compartment, the left compartment and the right compartment are configured to receive a bone material.

12. The bone material dispensing system of claim 9 , wherein the cannula has a tubular shaped configuration configured to fit in a funnel.

13. A bone material dispensing system comprising a loading device having a loading surface bordering a side wall and an end; a gap adjacent to the end; a bar adjacent to the gap, the side wall extending from the loading surface passing the gap to the bar along a longitudinal axis of the loading device, the bar extended transverse to the longitudinal axis such that the bar, the side wall and the end form a rim around the gap; a cannula configured to engage the loading surface; and a funnel configured to receive the cannula.

14. The bone material dispensing system of claim 13 , wherein the funnel has a proximal portion, the proximal portion comprising a top end and a bottom end, the top end opposite the bottom end, the top end comprising a surface having a protrusion configured to receive a locking member of a bone material dispensing device and the bottom end comprising a connector configured to secure the funnel to the bone material dispensing device.

15. The bone material dispensing system of claim 13 , wherein the sidewall comprises a first side wall and a second side wall disposed on two opposite ends across a width of the loading device.

16. The bone material dispensing system of claim 15 , wherein the loading device comprises a second bar such that the side wall extends from the bar to the second bar.

17. The bone material dispensing system of claim 16 , wherein the loading device comprises a second gap disposed adjacent to the second bar such that the loading device has a second rim.

18. The bone material dispensing system of claim 15 , wherein the loading surface comprises a first loading surface and a second loading surface separated by a central ridge.

19. A method of loading bone material, the method comprising providing a cannula disposed on a loading device, disposing a bone material within or on the cannula, the loading device having a perimeter surrounding a base plane and a rim, the perimeter comprising a side wall extending along a longitudinal axis and a bar joining the side wall at a corner of the perimeter and extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis, the base plane comprising a loading surface bordering the side wall along the longitudinal axis, the loading surface having an end edge extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis such that the side wall, the bar and the end form a rim adjacent to the loading surface and the bar.

20. The method of loading bone material of claim 19 , further comprising removing the cannula from the loading device and placing the cannula into a funnel, wherein the funnel has a proximal portion, the proximal portion comprising a top end and a bottom end, the top end opposite the bottom end, the top end comprising a surface having a protrusion configured to receive a locking member of a bone material dispensing device and the bottom end comprising a connector configured to secure the funnel to the bone material dispensing device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2022
From: REVES, BENJAMIN T.; HIRSCH, JOSEPH T.; GRIZZARD, MARK R.; SHIMKO, DANIEL A.
To: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
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Continuity (1)
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