Patent ID: 6083175
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A61B,A61M,B01D

Abstract:
A device for collecting bone tissue fragments from a liquid fluid flow at a surgical operation in bone tissue, the device comprising:a tube having axially aligned inlet and outlet sockets at either end of the tube for connection into a suction conduit;a cylindrical sieve in the tube, a space being provided between an outside curved surface of the sieve and an inside curved surface of the tube, wherein the space is in communication with the outlet socket of the tube;a piston displaceably received within the sieve, the piston engaging the inside curved surface of the tube, wherein the piston forms an end wall in the sieve at the outlet socket thereof; anda piston rod insertable into the tube through the outlet socket to engage the piston for manual axial displacement through the sieve for deposition of the bone fragments, trapped by the sieve, through the inlet socket of the tube.